A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2019286015. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019286015. The temblor was detected at 10:29:41 / 10:29 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/10/19 / 2019-10-13 14:29:41 / October 13, 2019 @ 2:29 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -67.1766° West, latitude 19.1908° North, depth = 35 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ninety-one, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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