A minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Luquillo in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 27 km (17 miles). Event id: pr2020313004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cc2u, pr2020313004. The temblor was detected at 10:18:49 / 10:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.4085° West, latitude 19.063° North, depth = 27 km. Global time and date of event 08/11/20 / 2020-11-08 10:18:49 / November 8, 2020 @ 10:18 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luquillo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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