A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Maggotty in Jamaica on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -77.7476 West, latitude 18.1386 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mtcu. Unique identifier: us7000mtcu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:46:32 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 22:46:32 / June 18, 2024 @ 10:46 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Spanish Town (c. 145 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Montego Bay (c. 82 900 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Mandeville (c. 47 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from May Pen (c. 44 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Old Harbour (c. 26 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Linstead (c. 20 700 pop). Close country/countries, Jamaica (c. 2 847 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Spanish Town, Bog Walk, Linstead (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km SE of Maggotty, Jamaica.
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