A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/02/20 / 2020-02-02 09:15:51 / February 2, 2020 @ 9:15 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:15:51 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us60007mnn. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007mnn. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -67.5192° West, 19.0129° North.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moca, Rincón, Aguada (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 72 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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