A minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71468263. Unique identifier: pr71468263. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.4 km (29 miles). Exact location of event, depth 47.4 km, -65.9815° West, 18.750333333333° North. The temblor was reported at 06:47:25 / 6:47 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/12/24 / 2024-12-11 06:47:25 / December 11, 2024 @ 6:47 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yabucoa, Estancias de Florida, Florida. Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 34 km NNE of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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