A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 11/04/19 / 2019-04-11 19:31:35 / April 11, 2019 @ 7:31 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.6 km (15 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.791 West, latitude 19.039 North, depth = 24.6 km. The temblor was reported at 15:31:35 / 3:31 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pt19101001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19101001. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Marías, Ingenio, Morovis (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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