A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:15:47 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.3638° West, latitude 19.1346° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019267133. Event ids that are associated: pr2019267133. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 17:15:47 / September 24, 2019 @ 5:15 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-nine, in the last 10 days seventy-six, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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