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Minor earthquake: M3.14 quake has struck near Guánica in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 17.838S, -66.894WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Id of earthquake: pr71463778. Event ids that are associated: pr71463778. The temblor was detected at 07:45:24 / 7:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.894° West, latitude 17.838° North, depth = 8.33 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.33 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/24 / 2024-10-27 07:45:24 / October 27, 2024 @ 7:45 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, Barceloneta, Isabela (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.14 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.894° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.838° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km S of Guánica, 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 2024-10-27 07:45:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-27 08:18:03 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 152 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 0.1342 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 228 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 pr71463778 Id of event.
Event Code 71463778 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71463778, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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