A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.778° West, 18.3533° North, depth 118 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019365053. Id of event: pr2019365053. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118 km (73 miles). Global time and date of event 31/12/19 / 2019-12-31 04:35:54 / December 31, 2019 @ 4:35 am UTC/GMT. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:35:54 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabo Rojo, Hormigueros, Punta Cana. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days eighty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 55 km W of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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