A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 17/12/19 / 2019-12-17 16:51:24 / December 17, 2019 @ 4:51 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -67.6356° West, 18.8723° North, depth 55 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 11:51:24 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019351072. Unique identifier: pr2019351072.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela, Moca, Aguada (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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