A minor earthquake magnitude 3.96 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 23:52:07 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/04/20 / 2020-04-19 03:52:07 / April 19, 2020 @ 3:52 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Exact location of event, depth 24 km, -67.1468° West, 19.2646° North. Id of earthquake: pr2020110002. Event ids that are associated: us70008zpi, pr2020110002.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 71 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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