A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 21 km, -67.3713° West, 18.8768° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019142001. Id of event: pr2019142001. Global time and date of event 22/05/19 / 2019-05-22 01:51:32 / May 22, 2019 @ 1:51 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 21:51:32 / 9:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Sebastián, Hatillo, Camuy. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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