A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.849° West, latitude 18.2781° North, depth = 108 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/04/19 / 2019-04-25 14:37:00 / April 25, 2019 @ 2:37 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019115010. Unique identifier: pr2019115010. The temblor was reported at 09:37:00 / 9:37 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mayagüez, Aguadilla, Añasco (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Puerto Real (c. 6 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 63 km W of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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