A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:26:57 / 9:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.6304° West, latitude 18.9608° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us60007mhw. Event ids that are associated: us60007mhw. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/20 / 2020-02-02 02:26:57 / February 2, 2020 @ 2:26 am.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Moca, Isabela, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days fifty-three, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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