A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Event id: pr2019276009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019276009. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/10/19 / 2019-10-03 11:57:28 / October 3, 2019 @ 11:57 am. Exact location of earthquake, -67.2128° West, 19.168° North, depth 36 km. The temblor was reported at 07:57:28 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36 km (22 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 75 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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