A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Rincón in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 00:10:15 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.4565 West, latitude 18.311666666667 North, depth = 83.2 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 83.2 km (52 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 00:10:15 / July 19, 2024 @ 12:10 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71455808. Id of event: pr71455808.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arecibo, Utuado, Adjuntas. Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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