A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Maria Antonia in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/05/24 / 2024-05-03 20:00:33 / May 3, 2024 @ 8:00 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.01 km (2 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:00:33 / 8:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.865333333333° West, latitude 17.929333333333° North, depth = 3.01 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mw72, pr71447608. Unique identifier: pr71447608.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayama, Cidra, Ceiba. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SSE of Maria Antonia, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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