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Minor earthquake 3.11 mag, 44 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.155166666667S, -67.628WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71464553. Unique identifier: pr71464553. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.628 West, latitude 18.155166666667 North, depth = 67.93 km. The 3.11-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:57:53 / 6:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/24 / 2024-11-03 18:57:53 / November 3, 2024 @ 6:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.93 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guánica, Isabela, Sabana Grande (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 44 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.11 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.628° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.155166666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km WSW of Stella, 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 2024-11-03 18:57:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-03 19:34:41 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 149 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4635 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183 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 pr71464553 Id of event.
Event Code 71464553 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71464553, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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