A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019092010. Id of event: pr2019092010. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/04/19 / 2019-04-02 09:12:38 / April 2, 2019 @ 9:12 am. Exact location of event, depth 16 km, -67.2661° West, 18.9595° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:12:38 / 5:12 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Añasco, San Sebastián, Hatillo.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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