A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019267028. Unique identifier: pr2019267028. Exact location of earthquake, -67.1256° West, 19.04° North, depth 11 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 09:13:13 / September 24, 2019 @ 9:13 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:13:13 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Aguada, Moca (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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