A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/19 / 2019-11-30 08:34:40 / November 30, 2019 @ 8:34 am. The temblor was detected at 04:34:40 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.1118 West, latitude 18.9603 North, depth = 6 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019334008. Unique identifier: pr2019334008.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Añasco, San Sebastián, Rincón.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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