A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019347002. Id of event: pr2019347002. Exact location of event, depth 4 km, -67.1596° West, 18.9638° North. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:19:35 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/12/19 / 2019-12-13 01:19:35 / December 13, 2019 @ 1:19 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Añasco, San Sebastián, Arecibo.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 52 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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