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Minor earthquake, 3.69 mag has occurred near Culebra in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on December 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.7605S, -65.2221WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 07:43:15 / 7:43 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024353000. Unique identifier: pr2024353000. Exact location of earthquake, -65.2221° West, 18.7605° North, depth 89 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89 km (55 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/24 / 2024-12-18 07:43:15 / December 18, 2024 @ 7:43 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Santiago, Santa Barbara, Canovanas (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop).

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

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 51 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.69 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.2221° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7605° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km N of Culebra, 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 2024-12-18 07:43:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-18 08:13:20 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 209 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 0.457 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 227 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 pr2024353000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024353000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024353000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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