A minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Monday. Global time and date of event 01/04/19 / 2019-04-01 21:23:09 / April 1, 2019 @ 9:23 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 90 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 90 km, -67.0063° West, 19.0486° North. The temblor was detected at 17:23:09 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019091012. Unique identifier: pr2019091012.
Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Aguada, Moca (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 60 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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