A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 04:00:56 / January 23, 2019 @ 4:00 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 84 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.6331° West, latitude 18.9368° North, depth = 84 km. The temblor was reported at 23:00:56 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019023003. Event ids that are associated: pr2019023003.
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Rincón, Aguadilla.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 74 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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