A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -67.3546° West, 19.0981° North, depth 15 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:50:15 / 11:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/11/19 / 2019-11-23 03:50:15 / November 23, 2019 @ 3:50 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2019327003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019327003.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguadilla, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days ninety-three and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 72 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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