A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The 3.25-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:10:09 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1866 West, latitude 18.8663 North, depth = 67 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 67 km (42 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/19 / 2019-12-08 00:10:09 / December 8, 2019 @ 12:10 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019342000. Id of event: pr2019342000.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hormigueros, Maricao, Mayagüez (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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