A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.56 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024233000. Id of event: pr2024233000. Exact location of event, depth 20 km, -67.3513° West, 18.8828° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 06:24:24 / August 20, 2024 @ 6:24 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 06:24:24 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lares, Arecibo, Las Marías (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lares (c. 7 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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