A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.1821° West, 18.9051° North, depth 108 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:38:25 / 2:38 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/11/19 / 2019-11-21 06:38:25 / November 21, 2019 @ 6:38 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019325013. Unique identifier: pr2019325013.
Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mayagüez, Las Marías, Lares (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 46 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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