A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23 km (14 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019334013. Id of event: pr2019334013. The temblor was detected at 16:00:11 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.2686° West, latitude 19.1323° North, depth = 23 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/11/19 / 2019-11-30 20:00:11 / November 30, 2019 @ 8:00 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguadilla, Isabela (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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