A light earthquake magnitude 4.01 (ml/mb) strikes 128 km NNE of Suárez, Puerto Rico (80 miles) on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pfn8, pr2024361000. Unique identifier: pr2024361000. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.01-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:41:04 / 3:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -65.5923 West, latitude 19.5616 North, depth = 87 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 87 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/12/24 / 2024-12-26 03:41:04 / December 26, 2024 @ 3:41 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 128 km NNE of Suárez, Puerto Rico.
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