A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -67.225 West, latitude 19.1303 North, depth = 37 km. The 3.08-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:15:10 / 9:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 37 km (23 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/10/19 / 2019-10-30 13:15:10 / October 30, 2019 @ 1:15 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019303012. Id of event: pr2019303012.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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