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Minor earthquake, 3.11 mag strikes near Brenas in Puerto Rico

Posted by admin on January 11, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.136666666667S, -66.435833333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/01/25 / 2025-01-11 04:40:37 / January 11, 2025 @ 4:40 am. Exact location, longitude -66.435833333333° West, latitude 19.136666666667° North, depth = 9.48 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71470558. Id of event: pr71470558. The 3.11-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:40:37 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.48 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (49 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ingenio, Arecibo, Toa Baja (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.11 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -66.435833333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.136666666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km N of Brenas, 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 2025-01-11 04:40:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-11 05:21:42 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 149 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.8165 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 300 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 pr71470558 Id of event.
Event Code 71470558 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pr71470558, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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