A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 27 km (17 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/19 / 2019-11-13 01:56:47 / November 13, 2019 @ 1:56 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2019317000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019317000. The temblor was reported at 21:56:47 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2035 West, latitude 19.1355 North, depth = 27 km.
Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Isabela. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-four, 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
How would you describe the shaking?
Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply