A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us60009d0v. Event ids that are associated: us60009d0v. Global time and date of event 27/04/20 / 2020-04-27 02:44:47 / April 27, 2020 @ 2:44 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -67.1786° West, 19.1354° North, depth 16.72 km. The temblor was reported at 22:44:47 / 10:44 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 16.72 km (10 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, San Sebastián, Rincón. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 71 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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