A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/06/19 / 2019-06-25 00:45:58 / June 25, 2019 @ 12:45 am. Exact location of event, depth 23 km, -66.7966° West, 19.028° North. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:45:58 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019176000. Unique identifier: pr2019176000.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Manatí, Barceloneta (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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