A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico on Monday. Id of earthquake: pr71469188. Event ids that are associated: pr71469188. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/12/24 / 2024-12-23 17:07:27 / December 23, 2024 @ 5:07 pm. The 3.16-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:07:27 / 5:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.41 km (10 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.974333333333 West, latitude 17.935833333333 North, depth = 15.41 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Coco, Barranquitas.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 8 km WSW of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
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