A light earthquake magnitude 4.65 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 137 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico (85 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2024338004. Event ids that are associated: us7000nvl8, pr2024338004. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/12/24 / 2024-12-03 09:32:17 / December 3, 2024 @ 9:32 am. Exact location of event, depth 106 km, -65.2615° West, 19.5463° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 106 km (66 miles). The 4.65-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:32:17 / 9:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 137 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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