A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Event id: pr2019097009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019097009. Exact location of event, depth 8 km, -67.3058° West, 18.8901° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 22:34:27 / April 7, 2019 @ 10:34 pm. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:34:27 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Añasco, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (33 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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