A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.354166666667 West, latitude 18.782333333333 North, depth = 57.28 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.28 km (36 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71454753. Unique identifier: pr71454753. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/24 / 2024-07-07 06:17:15 / July 7, 2024 @ 6:17 am. The temblor was reported at 06:17:15 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Real, Cabo Rojo, Maricao (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 41 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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