A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 22:48:17 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/10/19 / 2019-10-13 02:48:17 / October 13, 2019 @ 2:48 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -67.259° West, 19.1551° North, depth 34 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019286004. Unique identifier: pr2019286004.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ninety-four, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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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