A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 08/10/19 / 2019-10-08 12:29:18 / October 8, 2019 @ 12:29 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:29:18 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2095 West, latitude 19.1601 North, depth = 25 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019281020. Id of event: pr2019281020. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 km (16 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-eight, in the past 30 days three hundred and three and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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