A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Global time and date of event 21/12/24 / 2024-12-21 17:29:02 / December 21, 2024 @ 5:29 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.4 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:29:02 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10.4 km, -67.5355° West, 18.996166666667° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71469043. Unique identifier: pr71469043.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Moca, Rincón, Aguada.
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 ten, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 72 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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