A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr2019321008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019321008. The temblor was detected at 04:05:22 / 4:05 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/19 / 2019-11-17 08:05:22 / November 17, 2019 @ 8:05 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.1735° West, 18.9821° North, depth 7 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arecibo, San Sebastián, Rincón. Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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