A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Cidra in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.155166666667 West, latitude 18.178666666667 North, depth = 78.27 km. Event id: pr71458998. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71458998. Global time and date of event 02/09/24 / 2024-09-02 04:38:55 / September 2, 2024 @ 4:38 am UTC/GMT. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:38:55 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 78.27 km (49 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camuy, Hatillo, Lares (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 0 km ENE of Cidra, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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