A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2019362001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019362001. Exact location of event, depth 14 km, -66.729° West, 18.6745° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/19 / 2019-12-28 04:35:39 / December 28, 2019 @ 4:35 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 00:35:39 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guánica, Cabo Rojo, Lajas. Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 22 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
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