A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Unique identifier: pr2019243006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019243006. Exact location, longitude -67.6385° West, latitude 18.1711° North, depth = 5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:45:07 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/08/19 / 2019-08-31 09:45:07 / August 31, 2019 @ 9:45 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Sabana Grande, San Sebastián.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three 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. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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