A minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Suárez in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Event id: pr71450268. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71450268. The 3.41-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:14:38 / 1:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.792333333333° West, latitude 19.097333333333° North, depth = 39.56 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 13:14:38 / May 25, 2024 @ 1:14 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.56 km (25 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Carolina, Canovanas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days sixteen, 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.
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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: 74 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico.
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