A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Carrizales in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71469483. Unique identifier: pr71469483. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 76.6 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 03:47:32 / 3:47 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 03:47:32 / December 27, 2024 @ 3:47 am. Exact location of earthquake, -66.7475° West, 18.6295° North, depth 76.6 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cidra, Aguas Buenas, Puerto Real. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km NNE of Carrizales, Puerto Rico.
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