A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 14:04:27 / January 1, 2020 @ 2:04 pm. The temblor was detected at 09:04:27 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020001181. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020001181. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.599° West, latitude 18.9436° North, depth = 6 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Rincón, Aguada (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days eighty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 72 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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