A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Martorell in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -65.879° West, latitude 18.1001° North, depth = 12 km. Event id: pr2024163000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024163000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). The 3.11-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:08:51 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/06/24 / 2024-06-11 13:08:51 / June 11, 2024 @ 1:08 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barceloneta, Estancias de Florida, Ponce (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km NE of Martorell, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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