A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2836 West, latitude 19.1651 North, depth = 19 km. The 3.17-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:08:04 / 2:08 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2019331007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019331007. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/19 / 2019-11-27 06:08:04 / November 27, 2019 @ 6:08 am.
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days eight hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 76 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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