A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2019154006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019154006. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/06/19 / 2019-06-03 06:04:54 / June 3, 2019 @ 6:04 am. The temblor was detected at 02:04:54 / 2:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.1888° West, latitude 19.1755° North, depth = 6 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 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 five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 76 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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