A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 96 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico (60 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.2688 West, latitude 19.3443 North, depth = 25 km. The temblor was detected at 22:01:54 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/19 / 2019-10-01 02:01:54 / October 1, 2019 @ 2:01 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019274005. Id of event: pr2019274005. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 96 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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