A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.85 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 13:38:45 / 1:38 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr71469818. Unique identifier: pr71469818. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 13:38:45 / December 31, 2024 @ 1:38 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.444666666667 West, latitude 18.664166666667 North, depth = 10.85 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Lajas, San Germán (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 40 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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