A minor earthquake magnitude 3.62 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/24 / 2024-10-09 03:43:37 / October 9, 2024 @ 3:43 am. Exact location of event, depth 21 km, -66.8668° West, 17.893° North. The 3.62-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:43:37 / 3:43 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024283000. Unique identifier: pr2024283000.
The epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, Cidra, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 9 km SSE of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
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