A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.94 km (8 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:32:53 / 10:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.836° West, 17.926333333333° North, depth 12.94 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mvpf, pr71447498. Unique identifier: pr71447498. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 10:32:53 / May 2, 2024 @ 10:32 am.
Close 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 Ceiba, Guayama, Cidra. Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km SSW of Indios, Puerto Rico.
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