A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 11:08:44 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19333050, us70006eeq. Id of event: us70006eeq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/11/19 / 2019-11-29 15:08:44 / November 29, 2019 @ 3:08 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.89 km (32 miles). Exact location of event, depth 51.89 km, -67.1739° West, 18.9099° North.
The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceiba, Jayuya, Ciales (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 46 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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