A minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8375 West, latitude 18.976 North, depth = 24 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024303004. Unique identifier: pr2024303004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:26:38 / 1:26 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/10/24 / 2024-10-29 13:26:38 / October 29, 2024 @ 1:26 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, Dorado, Rincón (min 5000 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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