A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 36.22 km, -67.092833333333° West, 19.016166666667° North. The temblor was reported at 18:21:18 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71450328. Unique identifier: pr71450328. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.22 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 18:21:18 / May 25, 2024 @ 6:21 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, Rincón, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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