A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.2985 West, latitude 18.8718 North, depth = 29 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/19 / 2019-11-20 09:42:30 / November 20, 2019 @ 9:42 am. The temblor was detected at 05:42:30 / 5:42 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019324011. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019324011. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29 km (18 miles).
Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ceiba (c. 6 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loíza, Río Grande, Ceiba.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-six 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 62 km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico.
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