A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was reported 133 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico (83 miles) on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 09:31:20 / December 5, 2024 @ 9:31 am. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:31:20 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 6.12 km, -65.403833333333° West, 19.562833333333° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.12 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr71467828. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr71467828.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days seventy-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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