A minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Suárez in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.49 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/05/24 / 2024-05-09 03:48:34 / May 9, 2024 @ 3:48 am. The temblor was picked up at 03:48:34 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr71448163. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71448163. Exact location of event, longitude -65.738666666667 West, latitude 19.054166666667 North, depth = 9.49 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trujillo Alto, Levittown, Fajardo. Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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