A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3816 West, latitude 18.8711 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:59:15 / 12:59 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/11/19 / 2019-11-28 16:59:15 / November 28, 2019 @ 4:59 pm. Unique identifier: pr2019332011. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019332011. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mayagüez, Hatillo, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days ninety-three and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 51 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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