A minor earthquake magnitude 3.56 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Rafael Hernandez in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 05:48:16 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.0805 West, latitude 18.4631 North, depth = 120 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120 km (75 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 05:48:16 / October 16, 2024 @ 5:48 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024290000. Unique identifier: pr2024290000.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio, Corozal, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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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