A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -67.1875° West, latitude 19.1548° North, depth = 39 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019269005. Id of event: pr2019269005. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 06:17:03 / September 26, 2019 @ 6:17 am. The 3.05-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:17:03 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eighty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 73 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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