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Minor earthquake, 3.43 mag has occurred near Culebra in Puerto Rico


Earthquake location 18.782833333333S, -65.248833333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.81 km (27 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.248833333333 West, latitude 18.782833333333 North, depth = 42.81 km. Unique identifier: pr71469593. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71469593. The temblor was detected at 10:08:27 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/12/24 / 2024-12-28 10:08:27 / December 28, 2024 @ 10:08 am.

Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Barbara, Canovanas, Naguabo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop).

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

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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: 53 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.43 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -65.248833333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.782833333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53 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 2024-12-28 10:08:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-28 11:22:40 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 181 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4739 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 220 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 pr71469593 Id of event.
Event Code 71469593 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71469593, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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