A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/11/19 / 2019-11-30 05:17:55 / November 30, 2019 @ 5:17 am UTC/GMT. The 3.12-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:17:55 / 1:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.219° West, 19.072° North, depth 6 km. Unique identifier: pr2019334006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019334006, us70006eqr.
Close 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 Hatillo, Aguada, Camuy. The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days eight hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 66 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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