A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.0386 West, latitude 19.215 North, depth = 70 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 70 km (43 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:18:27 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/05/19 / 2019-05-31 03:18:27 / May 31, 2019 @ 3:18 am. Id of earthquake: pr2019151003. Event ids that are associated: pr2019151003.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela. Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 79 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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