A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Event id: pr2019267045. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019267045. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:24:18 / 12:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2588 West, latitude 19.1438 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 16:24:18 / September 24, 2019 @ 4:24 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifteen 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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