A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Buff Bay in Jamaica. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/11/19 / 2019-11-26 12:57:14 / November 26, 2019 @ 12:57 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -76.765 West, latitude 18.2034 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us70006dxz. Event ids that are associated: us70006dxz. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:57:14 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Kingston (c. 937 700 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from New Kingston (c. 584 000 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Spanish Town (c. 145 000 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Portmore (c. 102 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from May Pen (c. 44 800 pop). Close country/countries, Jamaica (c. 2 847 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Porus, Lionel Town, Runaway Bay (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 11 km WSW of Buff Bay, Jamaica.
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