A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Fuig in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71454463. Id of event: pr71454463. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/24 / 2024-07-02 16:34:49 / July 2, 2024 @ 4:34 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 16:34:49 / 4:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 14.43 km, -66.9545° West, 17.965166666667° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.43 km (9 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Baja, Corozal, Aibonito (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km WSW of Fuig, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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