A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Stony Hill in Jamaica on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 13:01:37 / 1:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000n7dv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n7dv. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.7593 West, latitude 18.1702 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/08/24 / 2024-08-16 13:01:37 / August 16, 2024 @ 1:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Kingston (c. 937 700 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from New Kingston (c. 584 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Spanish Town (c. 145 000 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Portmore (c. 102 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Mandeville (c. 47 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from May Pen (c. 44 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Old Harbour (c. 26 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Jamaica (c. 2 847 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bull Savanna, Mandeville, Porus (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 10 km NNE of Stony Hill, Jamaica.
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