A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.87 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 06:35:22 / 6:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/10/24 / 2024-10-11 06:35:22 / October 11, 2024 @ 6:35 am. Id of earthquake: pr71462313. Event ids that are associated: pr71462313. Exact location of event, depth 7.87 km, -66.999166666667° West, 17.969666666667° North.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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