A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact location, longitude -67.1991° West, latitude 18.9296° North, depth = 60 km. The 3.24-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:30:02 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/12/19 / 2019-12-10 03:30:02 / December 10, 2019 @ 3:30 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60 km (37 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019344000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019344000.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Marías, Lares, Añasco (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Lares (c. 7 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eighty-three 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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