A minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Suárez in Puerto Rico on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.01 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 05:27:34 / September 27, 2024 @ 5:27 am. Exact location of event, depth 11.01 km, -65.846666666667° West, 18.8655° North. Unique identifier: pr71461258. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71461258. The temblor was picked up at 05:27:34 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Humacao, Punta Santiago, Corozal. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km N of Suárez, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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