A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 50 km, -67.3305° West, 19.1395° North. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:03:15 / 7:03 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 50 km (31 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019278024. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019278024. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/10/19 / 2019-10-05 11:03:15 / October 5, 2019 @ 11:03 am.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 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 sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 75 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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