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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Suárez in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 19.5603S, -65.691WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 126 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico (78 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/12/24 / 2024-12-25 09:20:53 / December 25, 2024 @ 9:20 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86 km (53 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pr2024360000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024360000. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:20:53 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.691 West, latitude 19.5603 North, depth = 86 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 126 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.691° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.5603° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 126 km N of Suárez, 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 2024-12-25 09:20:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-25 11:15:03 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 259 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 1.4099 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 239 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 pr2024360000 Id of event.
Event Code 2024360000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr2024360000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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