A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/11/19 / 2019-11-14 06:10:06 / November 14, 2019 @ 6:10 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4328 West, latitude 19.036 North, depth = 34 km. The temblor was detected at 02:10:06 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). Id of earthquake: pr.2019318004. Event ids that are associated: pr.2019318004.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Isabela. Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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