A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Carrizales in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 25/04/19 / 2019-04-25 09:53:43 / April 25, 2019 @ 9:53 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2019115007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019115007. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:53:43 / 5:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.7721° West, latitude 18.5971° North, depth = 81 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 81 km (50 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guaynabo, Aibonito, Puerto Real. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
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 five, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km N of Carrizales, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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