A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 67 km, -67.1926° West, 18.889° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/11/19 / 2019-11-08 12:35:12 / November 8, 2019 @ 12:35 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019312008. Unique identifier: pr2019312008. The temblor was reported at 08:35:12 / 8:35 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mayagüez, Lares, Las Marías. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event 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), 47 km (29 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 45 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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