A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Vieques in Puerto Rico. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:27:06 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 10:27:06 / May 25, 2024 @ 10:27 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -65.4786 West, latitude 19.0958 North, depth = 24 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024146002. Id of event: pr2024146002.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Canovanas (c. 8 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from San Isidro (c. 8 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Santa Barbara (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Canovanas, Santa Barbara, Culebra (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 83 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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