A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 19/06/24 / 2024-06-19 06:49:33 / June 19, 2024 @ 6:49 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr71453268. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71453268. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 22.87 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:49:33 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 22.87 km, -66.534333333333° West, 19.1545° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hatillo, Barceloneta, Arecibo. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 76 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico.
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