A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019351036. Unique identifier: pr2019351036. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.2046° West, latitude 19.1378° North, depth = 10 km. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:48:23 / 1:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/12/19 / 2019-12-17 05:48:23 / December 17, 2019 @ 5:48 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days sixty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days eight hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 72 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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