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Minor earthquake 3.43 mag, 73 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.1685S, -67.008833333333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The 3.43-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:28:07 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/10/24 / 2024-10-26 06:28:07 / October 26, 2024 @ 6:28 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71463583. Id of event: pr71463583. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.69 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.008833333333° West, latitude 19.1685° North, depth = 15.69 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arecibo, Hatillo, Camuy. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 73 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.43 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.008833333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.1685° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-26 06:28:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-26 06:59:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 181 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6772 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 216 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr71463583 Id of event.
Event Code 71463583 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71463583, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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