Minor earthquake: M3.5 quake has struck near San Antonio in Puerto Rico
A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -67.6367° West, 19.0147° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/02/20 / 2020-02-02 00:34:31 / February 2, 2020 @ 12:34 am. The temblor was detected at 19:34:31 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007mfg. Id of event: us60007mfg.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-two 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: 81 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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