A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2905 West, latitude 19.0778 North, depth = 30 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019165004. Event ids that are associated: pr2019165004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/06/19 / 2019-06-14 14:00:41 / June 14, 2019 @ 2:00 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:00:41 / 10:00 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Aguadilla, Isabela (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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