A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Unique identifier: pt19356050. Ids that are associated to the event: pt19356050. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.572° West, latitude 19.09° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 21:56:12 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/19 / 2019-12-22 02:56:12 / December 22, 2019 @ 2:56 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moca, Rincón, Aguada.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eighty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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