A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.81 km (28 miles). Unique identifier: pr71447988. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71447988. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 02:08:55 / May 7, 2024 @ 2:08 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.5755 West, latitude 18.9905 North, depth = 44.81 km. The 3.28-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:08:55 / 2:08 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Isabela, Aguada (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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