A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71459123. Id of event: pr71459123. The 3.24-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:23:46 / 6:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -67.001833333333° West, 17.968° North, depth 7.8 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/09/24 / 2024-09-02 18:23:46 / September 2, 2024 @ 6:23 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). 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 seven, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 4 km E of La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
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