A minor earthquake magnitude 3.68 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2024265000. Event ids that are associated: pr2024265000. Global time and date of event 21/09/24 / 2024-09-21 04:44:28 / September 21, 2024 @ 4:44 am UTC/GMT. The 3.68-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:44:28 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 70 km (43 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.282 West, latitude 19.05 North, depth = 70 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Añasco, San Sebastián, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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