A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:09:37 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68.28 km (42 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/24 / 2024-09-28 08:09:37 / September 28, 2024 @ 8:09 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.715166666667 West, latitude 18.655666666667 North, depth = 68.28 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71461283. Id of event: pr71461283.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cidra, Guánica, Aguas Buenas. The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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