A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/11/19 / 2019-11-02 08:47:27 / November 2, 2019 @ 8:47 am. Exact location, longitude -67.1986° West, latitude 19.0328° North, depth = 88 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 88 km (55 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:47:27 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019306006. Unique identifier: pr2019306006.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Aguada, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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