A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -67.3423 West, latitude 18.1716 North, depth = 13 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.41-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:05:21 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024316000. Unique identifier: pr2024316000. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/11/24 / 2024-11-11 13:05:21 / November 11, 2024 @ 1:05 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jayuya, Ponce, Arecibo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 19 km SSW of Stella, Puerto Rico.
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