A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19 km (12 miles). Exact location of event, depth 19 km, -67.183° West, 19.1716° North. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:00:46 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019267048. Event ids that are associated: pr2019267048. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 17:00:46 / September 24, 2019 @ 5:00 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 75 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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