A minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/09/24 / 2024-09-02 06:50:46 / September 2, 2024 @ 6:50 am. Exact location, longitude -67.0101° West, latitude 17.9581° North, depth = 8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2024246001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000np78, pr2024246001. The 3.41-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:50:46 / 6:50 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km ESE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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