A minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Luquillo in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/11/20 / 2020-11-08 09:51:35 / November 8, 2020 @ 9:51 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). The 3.29-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:51:35 / 9:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.3853 West, latitude 19.0226 North, depth = 25 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020313000. Unique identifier: pr2020313000.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Culebra, Luquillo. Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days two hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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