A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.89 km (4 miles). Id of earthquake: pr71466058. Event ids that are associated: pr71466058. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/11/24 / 2024-11-18 04:17:40 / November 18, 2024 @ 4:17 am. Exact location of event, longitude -67.408166666667 West, latitude 18.156666666667 North, depth = 5.89 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:17:40 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Utuado, Peñuelas, Adjuntas.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 25 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico.
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