A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019361012. Id of event: pr2019361012. Global time and date of event 27/12/19 / 2019-12-27 10:56:46 / December 27, 2019 @ 10:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2278 West, latitude 19.1641 North, depth = 14 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:56:46 / 6:56 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days ninety-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 75 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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