A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/10/24 / 2024-10-18 09:19:02 / October 18, 2024 @ 9:19 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.3775 West, latitude 17.964666666667 North, depth = 8.86 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.86 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:19:02 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71462943. Unique identifier: pr71462943.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trujillo Alto, Guayama, Caguas. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 17 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico.
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