A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The 3.27-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:13:04 / 6:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.5583 West, latitude 18.9998 North, depth = 90 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019022014. Id of event: pr2019022014. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 90 km (56 miles). Global time and date of event 22/01/19 / 2019-01-22 23:13:04 / January 22, 2019 @ 11:13 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moca, Rincón, Aguada (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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