A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/07/24 / 2024-07-11 05:25:26 / July 11, 2024 @ 5:25 am. Exact location of event, longitude -67.466166666667 West, latitude 18.225833333333 North, depth = 3.59 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71455083. Id of event: pr71455083. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.59 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.22-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:25:26 / 5:25 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Adjuntas, Adjuntas, Guayanilla (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 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: 25 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico.
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