A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.32-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:54:35 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/01/20 / 2020-01-06 07:54:35 / January 6, 2020 @ 7:54 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020006003. Id of event: pr2020006003. Exact location, longitude -66.9435° West, latitude 19.2121° North, depth = 39 km.
The epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hatillo, Camuy, Isabela. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and one and in the last 365 days eight hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Questions or comments?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 79 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply