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Minor earthquake, 3.45 mag was detected near Daguao in Puerto Rico

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Earthquake location 18.1375S, -65.629WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.45 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Daguao in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 01:33:56 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/24 / 2024-11-20 01:33:56 / November 20, 2024 @ 1:33 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127 km (79 miles). Exact location, longitude -65.629° West, latitude 18.1375° North, depth = 127 km. Event id: pr2024325000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024325000.

The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Orocovis, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 11 km SSE of Daguao, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.45 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.629° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1375° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 127 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km SSE of Daguao, 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 2024-11-20 01:33:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-20 02:07:39 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 183 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0862 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 pr2024325000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024325000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024325000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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