A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.2163° West, latitude 19.1368° North, depth = 51 km. Unique identifier: pr2019267082. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019267082. The temblor was reported at 02:10:49 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 06:10:49 / September 24, 2019 @ 6:10 am.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-five, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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