A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 14:20:56 / September 26, 2019 @ 2:20 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 86 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -67.3176° West, 18.9831° North, depth 86 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019269036. Event ids that are associated: pr2019269036. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:20:56 / 10:20 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, San Sebastián, Hatillo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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