A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Magas Arriba in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/12/24 / 2024-12-21 18:23:28 / December 21, 2024 @ 6:23 pm. The 3.11-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:23:28 / 6:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.773333333333 West, latitude 17.990333333333 North, depth = 13.3 km. Id of earthquake: pr71469058. Event ids that are associated: pr71469058. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.3 km (8 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Patillas, Bayamón, Sabana Seca. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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