A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -67.707° West, 18.8943° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 00:43:05 / January 29, 2020 @ 12:43 am. Event id: pr2020029008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007ina, pr2020029008. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:43:05 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Aguadilla.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 76 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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