A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:29:49 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00o6ssxr, pr16128000. Id of event: pr16128000. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Stella in Puerto Rico (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/05/16 / 2016-05-07 08:29:49 / May 7, 2016 @ 8:29 am. Exact location, longitude -67.2399° West, latitude 18.3229° North, depth = 19 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Morovis, Juana Díaz, Villalba (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. 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: 0 km E of Stella, Puerto Rico.
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