A minor earthquake magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -67.329833333333 West, latitude 18.867 North, depth = 13.95 km. Global time and date of event 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 06:11:53 / September 5, 2024 @ 6:11 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 06:11:53 / 6:11 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr71459313. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71459313. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.95 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lares, Arecibo, Las Marías (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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