A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.62 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 91 km (57 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.584° West, latitude 18.9818° North, depth = 91 km. The 3.62-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:00:51 / 6:00 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/03/20 / 2020-03-01 23:00:51 / March 1, 2020 @ 11:00 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020061045, us600087kc. Id of event: pr2020061045.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moca, Isabela, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eighty-four 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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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