A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 04:15:10 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/11/19 / 2019-11-24 08:15:10 / November 24, 2019 @ 8:15 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.2366° West, latitude 18.993° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019328003. Id of event: pr2019328003.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Añasco, San Sebastián.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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