A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Unique identifier: pr2024339000. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nvs7, pr2024339000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39 km (24 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.5695 West, latitude 19.076 North, depth = 39 km. The temblor was detected at 02:39:13 / 2:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/12/24 / 2024-12-04 02:39:13 / December 4, 2024 @ 2:39 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Morovis, Cataño, Candelaria (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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