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Minor earthquake, 3.49 mag has occurred near Hatillo in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.976S, -66.8375WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8375 West, latitude 18.976 North, depth = 24 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024303004. Unique identifier: pr2024303004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:26:38 / 1:26 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 13:26:38 / October 29, 2024 @ 1:26 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, Dorado, Rincón (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 54 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.49 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.8375° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.976° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 km N of Hatillo, 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 2024-10-29 13:26:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-29 14:06:57 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 187 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5775 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 260 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 pr2024303004 Id of event.
Event Code 2024303004 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024303004, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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