A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.47 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico. The 3.47-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:27:06 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024153000. Id of event: pr2024153000. Exact location of event, longitude -65.3385 West, latitude 18.0605 North, depth = 13 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). Global time and date of event 01/06/24 / 2024-06-01 22:27:06 / June 1, 2024 @ 10:27 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguas Buenas, Guayama, Trujillo Alto. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 14 km ESE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico.
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