A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.63 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Vieques in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -65.6631 West, latitude 18.9931 North, depth = 95 km. The 3.63-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:41:30 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/12/24 / 2024-12-01 12:41:30 / December 1, 2024 @ 12:41 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 95 km (59 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2024336001. Unique identifier: pr2024336001.
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop). Close 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 Guaynabo, Bayamón, Sabana Seca.
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 thirty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 65 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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