A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/11/19 / 2019-11-06 21:24:47 / November 6, 2019 @ 9:24 pm. The temblor was reported at 17:24:47 / 5:24 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019310011. Event ids that are associated: pr2019310011. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.195 West, latitude 19.162 North, depth = 7 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela. Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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