A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Event id: pr2019286007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019286007. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -67.2983° West, 19.0638° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/10/19 / 2019-10-13 06:36:30 / October 13, 2019 @ 6:36 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:36:30 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Moca, Quebradillas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 ninety-three, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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