A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico on Monday. Id of earthquake: pr2019196008. Event ids that are associated: pr2019196008. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/07/19 / 2019-07-15 11:22:44 / July 15, 2019 @ 11:22 am. Exact location of event, depth 146 km, -67.6536° West, 18.169° North. The temblor was detected at 06:22:44 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 146 km (91 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Sabana Grande, San Sebastián. The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Every 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 one, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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