A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -67.504° West, 18.781° North, depth 19.1 km. The temblor was reported at 17:20:09 / 5:20 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pt19350002. Event ids that are associated: pt19350002. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/19 / 2019-12-16 22:20:09 / December 16, 2019 @ 10:20 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.1 km (12 miles).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Germán, Arecibo, Maricao.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days nine hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 53 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
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