A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/01/19 / 2019-01-14 20:51:04 / January 14, 2019 @ 8:51 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -67.1458° West, 19.0153° North, depth 90 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019014011. Unique identifier: pr2019014011. The 3.15-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:51:04 / 4:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Sebastián, Rincón, Arecibo. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 58 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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