A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Rincón in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Unique identifier: pr71462063. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71462063. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.81 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/10/24 / 2024-10-08 10:09:01 / October 8, 2024 @ 10:09 am. The 3.42-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:09:01 / 10:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.396833333333° West, latitude 18.390666666667° North, depth = 13.81 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Peñuelas, Guayanilla, Adjuntas.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 eleven, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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