A minor earthquake magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -67.6003° West, latitude 18.2713° North, depth = 132 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:21:47 / 10:21 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/10/24 / 2024-10-19 22:21:47 / October 19, 2024 @ 10:21 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024293000. Id of event: pr2024293000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132 km (82 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hatillo, Yauco, Camuy. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (31 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. 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: 37 km W of Stella, Puerto Rico.
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