A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:42:45 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019268034. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019268034. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). Exact location of event, depth 25 km, -67.3018° West, 19.1303° North. Global time and date of event 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 04:42:45 / September 25, 2019 @ 4:42 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days five hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 73 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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