A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 21:23:56 / 9:23 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019338000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019338000. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/12/19 / 2019-12-04 01:23:56 / December 4, 2019 @ 1:23 am. Exact location of event, depth 29 km, -67.204° West, 19.0731° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 29 km (18 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Hatillo, Moca. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days eight hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 65 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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