A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Las Piedras in Puerto Rico on Monday. Unique identifier: pr71449568. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71449568. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.62 km (14 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 15:42:08 / May 20, 2024 @ 3:42 pm. The temblor was reported at 15:42:08 / 3:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.911666666667 West, latitude 18.151333333333 North, depth = 22.62 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ponce, Barceloneta, Estancias de Florida (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SW of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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