A minor earthquake magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019329001. Id of event: pr2019329001. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.606 West, latitude 19.153 North, depth = 45 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/19 / 2019-11-25 01:44:31 / November 25, 2019 @ 1:44 am. The temblor was detected at 21:44:31 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Camuy, Barceloneta, Hatillo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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 four, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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