A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: us60007jub. Event ids that are associated: us60007jub. Global time and date of event 30/01/20 / 2020-01-30 06:33:19 / January 30, 2020 @ 6:33 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 01:33:19 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.5323° West, latitude 18.9704° North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moca, Rincón, Aguada (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 69 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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