A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr2019316009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019316009. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -67.2038° West, 19.104° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/11/19 / 2019-11-12 20:49:39 / November 12, 2019 @ 8:49 pm. The temblor was picked up at 16:49:39 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Aguadilla, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and four and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-eight 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 68 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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