A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/10/24 / 2024-10-30 02:45:13 / October 30, 2024 @ 2:45 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr71464203. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71464203. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.86 km (25 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.3785 West, latitude 19.0725 North, depth = 39.86 km. The temblor was reported at 02:45:13 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hatillo, Pájaros, Bayamón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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: 67 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico.
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