A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -67.3618° West, latitude 19.1041° North, depth = 41 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/09/19 / 2019-09-27 08:03:38 / September 27, 2019 @ 8:03 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:03:38 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019270030. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019270030.
Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguadilla, Isabela.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 73 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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