A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71468028. Unique identifier: pr71468028. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.82 km (22 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:55:53 / 4:55 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/12/24 / 2024-12-08 04:55:53 / December 8, 2024 @ 4:55 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.381333333333 West, latitude 19.017 North, depth = 34.82 km.
The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fajardo, Luquillo, Culebra (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
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-one, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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