A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 00:37:30 / October 29, 2024 @ 12:37 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nnqf, pr2024303000. Id of event: pr2024303000. The temblor was reported at 00:37:30 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7378 West, latitude 17.9991 North, depth = 14 km.
The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cataño, Caguas, Guaynabo. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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