A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/10/19 / 2019-10-23 05:33:56 / October 23, 2019 @ 5:33 am. Exact location, longitude -66.9771° West, latitude 19.1505° North, depth = 55 km. Unique identifier: pr2019296009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019296009. The temblor was reported at 01:33:56 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55 km (34 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Camuy, Quebradillas. Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 72 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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