A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 93 km SW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico (58 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ny54. Unique identifier: us7000ny54. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/24 / 2024-12-12 13:46:40 / December 12, 2024 @ 1:46 pm. Exact location, longitude -67.7548° West, latitude 17.3316° North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 13:46:40 / 1:46 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel the quake?
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: 93 km SW of Pole Ojea, Puerto Rico.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply