A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2024120000. Event ids that are associated: pr2024120000, us6000muwi. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:38:27 / 2:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.946° West, latitude 17.8463° North, depth = 12 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 14:38:27 / April 29, 2024 @ 2:38 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Comerío, Corozal, Manatí. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 14 km SSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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