A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/20 / 2020-12-08 23:45:55 / December 8, 2020 @ 11:45 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000cpap. Unique identifier: us7000cpap. Exact location of earthquake, -67.6863° West, 18.883° North, depth 28.84 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 28.84 km (18 miles). The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:45:55 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Rincón, Aguadilla. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 75 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
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