A minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from La Luisa in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.44 km (70 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71466658. Unique identifier: pr71466658. Global time and date of event 24/11/24 / 2024-11-24 12:15:18 / November 24, 2024 @ 12:15 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 112.44 km, -66.520833333333° West, 18.469666666667° North. The temblor was picked up at 12:15:18 / 12:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Humacao, Cabo Rojo, Rincón. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop).
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 eighteen, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 2 km NNW of La Luisa, Puerto Rico.
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