A minor earthquake magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 23:55:14 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1801 West, latitude 19.2076 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2020110009. Event ids that are associated: pr2020110009, us70008zpl. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/04/20 / 2020-04-19 03:55:14 / April 19, 2020 @ 3:55 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days nine hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 70 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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