A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.5415° West, 19.047333333333° North, depth 21.57 km. The temblor was detected at 08:51:01 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/05/24 / 2024-05-26 08:51:01 / May 26, 2024 @ 8:51 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.57 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr71450458. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71450458.
Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 77 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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