A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:10:34 / 11:10 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2024283001. Event ids that are associated: pr2024283001. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/10/24 / 2024-10-09 11:10:34 / October 9, 2024 @ 11:10 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8306 West, latitude 18.9536 North, depth = 37 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Morovis, Toa Baja, Añasco (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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