A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) strikes 96 kilometers (60 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 13:46:05 / 1:46 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700099eb, pr2020124011. Id of event: pr2020124011. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.177 West, latitude 19.1693 North, depth = 6 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/05/20 / 2020-05-03 17:46:05 / May 3, 2020 @ 5:46 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quebradillas, Isabela (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 96 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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