A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -67.194 West, latitude 19.1515 North, depth = 12 km. The temblor was reported at 14:25:00 / 2:25 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 18:25:00 / September 24, 2019 @ 6:25 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019267137. Unique identifier: pr2019267137.
Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-two, in the last 10 days seventy-eight, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 73 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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