A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 21:51:00 / 9:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 21:51:00 / October 24, 2024 @ 9:51 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.23 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.277833333333 West, latitude 18.820333333333 North, depth = 6.23 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71463408. Unique identifier: pr71463408.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maricao, Hormigueros, Lares (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 40 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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