A minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Event id: pr2019332010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019332010. The temblor was picked up at 10:14:31 / 10:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/11/19 / 2019-11-28 14:14:31 / November 28, 2019 @ 2:14 pm. Exact location, longitude -67.1963° West, latitude 19.0916° North, depth = 9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Moca, Hatillo.
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 two, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days seven hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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