A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019346012. Id of event: pr2019346012. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 12/12/19 / 2019-12-12 21:26:23 / December 12, 2019 @ 9:26 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:26:23 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -67.1845° West, 19.148° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days ninety-six and in the last 365 days eight hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 73 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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