A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -67.4761° West, 19.0338° North, depth 11 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 10:19:17 / January 1, 2020 @ 10:19 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020001146. Unique identifier: pr2020001146. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:19:17 / 6:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days eighty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days one thousand and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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