A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/10/24 / 2024-10-18 15:02:56 / October 18, 2024 @ 3:02 pm. Exact location of event, depth 13 km, -66.564333333333° West, 19.0715° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:02:56 / 3:02 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr71462953. Ids that are associated to the event: pr71462953.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Campanilla, Levittown, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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