A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/06/19 / 2019-06-10 06:49:06 / June 10, 2019 @ 6:49 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:49:06 / 1:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0.8 km, -67.731° West, 18.854° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.8 km (0 miles). Event id: pt19161050. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19161050. 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 Añasco, Isabela, Moca (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 76 km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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