A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3576 West, latitude 18.1691 North, depth = 17 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:39:22 / 4:39 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019140003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019140003. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/19 / 2019-05-20 08:39:22 / May 20, 2019 @ 8:39 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Utuado, Peñuelas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico.
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