A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 25 km, -67.2925° West, 19.1315° North. The temblor was reported at 06:18:47 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2019272030. Event ids that are associated: pr2019272030. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 10:18:47 / September 29, 2019 @ 10:18 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety, in the past 30 days two hundred and seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 73 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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