A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -67.2728° West, 19.1356° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019268087. Id of event: pr2019268087. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 19:48:47 / September 25, 2019 @ 7:48 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:48:47 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela. The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
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 fifty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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