A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Guánica in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 07:31:13 / December 31, 2024 @ 7:31 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.84 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 7.84 km, -66.927833333333° West, 17.873666666667° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr71469783. Unique identifier: pr71469783. The temblor was detected at 07:31:13 / 7:31 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatí, Barceloneta, Aibonito.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 11 km S of Guánica, Puerto Rico.
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