A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -66.9758° West, latitude 19.1606° North, depth = 83 km. Global time and date of event 23/11/19 / 2019-11-23 13:29:10 / November 23, 2019 @ 1:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83 km (52 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019327010. Id of event: pr2019327010. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:29:10 / 9:29 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hatillo, Camuy, Quebradillas (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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