A minor earthquake magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. The 3.34-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:51:04 / 9:51 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2024250001. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nq0s, pr2024250001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/09/24 / 2024-09-06 09:51:04 / September 6, 2024 @ 9:51 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -66.985° West, 17.9878° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Baja, Corozal, Aibonito. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km ENE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
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