A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/11/24 / 2024-11-28 11:49:40 / November 28, 2024 @ 11:49 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71467088. Unique identifier: pr71467088. The 3.13-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:49:40 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 24.03 km, -65.964833333333° West, 19.080666666667° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.03 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria, Río Grande, San Antonio.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km NNE of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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