A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:49:17 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2826 West, latitude 19.1213 North, depth = 25 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019343010. Unique identifier: pr2019343010. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/12/19 / 2019-12-09 18:49:17 / December 9, 2019 @ 6:49 pm.
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days eighty-four and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 72 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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