A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -67.5903 West, latitude 18.8503 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020029044. Id of event: pr2020029044. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 13:12:20 / January 29, 2020 @ 1:12 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:12:20 / 8:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moca, Isabela, Aguada. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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