A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -67.1555° West, 19.1261° North, depth 79 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 79 km (49 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2019320017. Event ids that are associated: pr2019320017. The temblor was detected at 19:56:32 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/19 / 2019-11-16 23:56:32 / November 16, 2019 @ 11:56 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Camuy, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 70 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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