A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Playa in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.178166666667 West, latitude 18.246333333333 North, depth = 101.24 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 07:49:39 / June 9, 2024 @ 7:49 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 101.24 km (63 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:49:39 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71451903. Unique identifier: pr71451903.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ciales, Manatí, Juana Díaz. Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 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 nine, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 4 km SSE of La Playa, Puerto Rico.
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