A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mttd. Unique identifier: us7000mttd. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 17:43:13 / June 21, 2024 @ 5:43 pm. Exact location of event, depth 90.057 km, -67.3102° West, 18.2611° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90.057 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:43:13 / 5:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciales, Manatí, Juana Díaz (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 9 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico.
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