A minor earthquake magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from La Parguera in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:14:17 / 10:14 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2024317001. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nrfw, pr2024317001. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -67.0365° West, 17.9953° North. Global time and date of event 12/11/24 / 2024-11-12 22:14:17 / November 12, 2024 @ 10:14 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barranquitas, Salinas, Morovis. Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby 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 one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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