A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us7000alc7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000alc7. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.0691 West, latitude 19.0859 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 11:25:18 / 11:25 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/07/20 / 2020-07-10 11:25:18 / July 10, 2020 @ 11:25 am.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, San Sebastián, Aguada (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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