A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from La Playa in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 13:19:42 / 1:19 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 13:19:42 / May 12, 2024 @ 1:19 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -67.217 West, latitude 18.222 North, depth = 128.38 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 128.38 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr71448428. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71448428.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciales, Manatí, Juana Díaz (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 7 km SSW of La Playa, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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