A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Vieques in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 20/11/19 / 2019-11-20 16:13:31 / November 20, 2019 @ 4:13 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -65.799 West, latitude 19.0365 North, depth = 24 km. The temblor was detected at 12:13:31 / 12:13 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019324016. Unique identifier: pr2019324016.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Carolina, Luquillo. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km N of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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