A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/11/19 / 2019-11-23 00:47:31 / November 23, 2019 @ 12:47 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -67.1371° West, 19.1416° North. Id of earthquake: pr2019327002. Event ids that are associated: pr2019327002. The temblor was reported at 20:47:31 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 71 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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