A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Event id: pr2019243004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019243004. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2043 West, latitude 18.986 North, depth = 20 km. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:14:12 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/08/19 / 2019-08-31 04:14:12 / August 31, 2019 @ 4:14 am.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arecibo, San Sebastián, Rincón (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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 fifteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 55 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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