A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.1855° West, 18.8878° North, depth 123 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/10/19 / 2019-10-11 17:51:53 / October 11, 2019 @ 5:51 pm. The 3.29-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:51:53 / 1:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2019284009. Event ids that are associated: pr2019284009.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maricao, Mayagüez, Las Marías. The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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