A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71464553. Unique identifier: pr71464553. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.628 West, latitude 18.155166666667 North, depth = 67.93 km. The 3.11-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:57:53 / 6:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/24 / 2024-11-03 18:57:53 / November 3, 2024 @ 6:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.93 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guánica, Isabela, Sabana Grande (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 44 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico.
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