A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/19 / 2019-10-25 14:24:16 / October 25, 2019 @ 2:24 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28 km (17 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1515 West, latitude 19.0576 North, depth = 28 km. The temblor was detected at 10:24:16 / 10:24 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019298037. Event ids that are associated: pr2019298037.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Moca, Hatillo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 62 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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