A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 07:24:52 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 12.18 km, -66.507666666667° West, 18.961166666667° North. Event id: pr71465558. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71465558. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/24 / 2024-11-13 07:24:52 / November 13, 2024 @ 7:24 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.18 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Utuado, Guaynabo, Naranjito. Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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