A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:33:01 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/02/19 / 2019-02-14 08:33:01 / February 14, 2019 @ 8:33 am. Unique identifier: pr2019045005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019045005. Exact location of earthquake, -67.6028° West, 19.0108° North, depth 122 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 122 km (76 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and six and in the last 365 days five hundred and twelve 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 78 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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