A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:52:25 / 3:52 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/09/24 / 2024-09-02 03:52:25 / September 2, 2024 @ 3:52 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024246000. Unique identifier: pr2024246000. Exact location of earthquake, -67.0045° West, 17.9605° North, depth 8 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coco, Barranquitas, Morovis.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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