A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 04:51:17 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.0863° West, latitude 17.9358° North, depth = 6 km. Unique identifier: pr2024297000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2024297000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/10/24 / 2024-10-23 04:51:17 / October 23, 2024 @ 4:51 am.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barceloneta, Orocovis, Ciales.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km SW of La Parguera, Puerto Rico.
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