A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2019332013. Event ids that are associated: pr2019332013. Exact location of event, longitude -67.544 West, latitude 18.2245 North, depth = 127 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:27:10 / 6:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/11/19 / 2019-11-28 23:27:10 / November 28, 2019 @ 11:27 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 127 km (79 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yauco, Guánica, Lares (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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