A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.862 West, latitude 17.8385 North, depth = 9 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mq71, pr2024156000. Unique identifier: pr2024156000. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/06/24 / 2024-06-04 06:07:40 / June 4, 2024 @ 6:07 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 06:07:40 / 6:07 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Alta, Vega Baja, Cidra.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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