A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019272036. Unique identifier: pr2019272036. The temblor was detected at 11:53:50 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 21 km, -67.197° West, 19.1318° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). Global time and date of event 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 15:53:50 / September 29, 2019 @ 3:53 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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