A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) strikes 88 kilometers (55 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.681 West, latitude 18.8891 North, depth = 7 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 00:58:01 / January 29, 2020 @ 12:58 am UTC/GMT. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:58:01 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020029010, us60007inj. Id of event: pr2020029010.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Rincón, Aguadilla. Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 88 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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