A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Capitanejo in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.1 km (26 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -66.516° West, 18.012° North, depth 41.1 km. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:50:32 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71460348. Unique identifier: pr71460348. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 02:50:32 / September 17, 2024 @ 2:50 am.
The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Isidro, Canovanas, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 1 km E of Capitanejo, Puerto Rico.
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