A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Unique identifier: pr2019306014. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019306014. The temblor was detected at 19:42:24 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/11/19 / 2019-11-02 23:42:24 / November 2, 2019 @ 11:42 pm. Exact location, longitude -67.1473° West, latitude 18.9656° North, depth = 9 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Añasco, San Sebastián, Arecibo. Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days six hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 52 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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