A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019350013. Unique identifier: pr2019350013. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/12/19 / 2019-12-16 15:54:09 / December 16, 2019 @ 3:54 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:54:09 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.157° West, 19.1075° North, depth 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Camuy, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 68 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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