A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.7735° West, 18.1781° North, depth 69 km. Global time and date of event 27/03/19 / 2019-03-27 23:22:26 / March 27, 2019 @ 11:22 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 69 km (43 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019086022. Id of event: pr2019086022. The temblor was detected at 18:22:26 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Punta Cana, San Germán, Lajas (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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