A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -66.880666666667° West, latitude 17.901° North, depth = 11.7 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ntmj, pr71460693. Unique identifier: pr71460693. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.7 km (7 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 06:48:10 / September 22, 2024 @ 6:48 am. The 3.37-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:48:10 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cidra, Guayama, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 five, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
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