A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019358011. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019358011. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:55:47 / 5:55 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/19 / 2019-12-24 09:55:47 / December 24, 2019 @ 9:55 am. Exact location of event, longitude -67.179 West, latitude 19.1656 North, depth = 11 km.
Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eleven 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 75 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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