A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/12/19 / 2019-12-04 23:05:03 / December 4, 2019 @ 11:05 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.24-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:05:03 / 7:05 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019338011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019338011. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -67.2025° West, 19.148° North, depth 10 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Quebradillas, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days eight hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 73 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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