A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -67.1343° West, 19.0271° North. Global time and date of event 23/11/19 / 2019-11-23 07:45:06 / November 23, 2019 @ 7:45 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019327005, us70006c4u. Unique identifier: pr2019327005. The temblor was detected at 03:45:06 / 3:45 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Aguada, Moca (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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