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Minor earthquake 3.1 mag, 13 km W of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.189166666667S, -67.271166666667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Mayagüez in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.271166666667° West, 18.189166666667° North, depth 17.92 km. Unique identifier: pr71466038. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71466038. Global time and date of event 18/11/24 / 2024-11-18 01:37:17 / November 18, 2024 @ 1:37 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:37:17 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.92 km (11 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Florida, Estancias de Florida, Ponce (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

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: 13 km W of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.271166666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.189166666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km W of Mayagüez, 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 2024-11-18 01:37:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-18 01:54:10 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 148 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1234 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 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 pr71466038 Id of event.
Event Code 71466038 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71466038, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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