A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/09/19 / 2019-09-28 11:46:30 / September 28, 2019 @ 11:46 am. Id of earthquake: pr2019271037. Event ids that are associated: pr2019271037. The epicenter was at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.25° West, latitude 19.1251° North, depth = 25 km. The temblor was reported at 07:46:30 / 7:46 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Isabela (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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