A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Unique identifier: pr2019314015. Ids that are associated to the event: pt19314050, us60006a0u, pr2019314015. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/11/19 / 2019-11-10 18:29:51 / November 10, 2019 @ 6:29 pm. The temblor was detected at 14:29:51 / 2:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.5095° West, latitude 18.049° North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, Ingenio, Campanilla (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km SSE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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