A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1725 West, latitude 18.9816 North, depth = 28 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 28 km (17 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/11/20 / 2020-11-14 08:01:05 / November 14, 2020 @ 8:01 am. The temblor was detected at 08:01:05 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cevc. Id of event: us7000cevc.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Añasco, Arecibo, San Sebastián. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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