A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/19 / 2019-09-27 02:29:34 / September 27, 2019 @ 2:29 am. Exact location, longitude -67.3128° West, latitude 19.0905° North, depth = 12 km. Event id: pr2019270013. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019270013. The temblor was picked up at 22:29:34 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguadilla, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 69 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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