A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9165° West, 18.9198° North, depth 7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:05:36 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019207003. Event ids that are associated: pr2019207003. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/19 / 2019-07-26 05:05:36 / July 26, 2019 @ 5:05 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Baja, Utuado, Las Marías. Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 47 km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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