A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -67.222166666667° West, latitude 18.0615° North, depth = 13.89 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/11/24 / 2024-11-26 21:30:51 / November 26, 2024 @ 9:30 pm. Event id: pr71466913. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71466913. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.89 km (9 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:30:51 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Villalba, Florida, Estancias de Florida (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km WSW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico.
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