A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/24 / 2024-05-04 11:55:21 / May 4, 2024 @ 11:55 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:55:21 / 11:55 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr71447698. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71447698. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.9 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.788333333333 West, latitude 18.135833333333 North, depth = 57.9 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Germán, Lajas, Moca (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 60 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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