A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:33:28 / 5:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.309° West, latitude 18.164° North, depth = 11.6 km. Event id: pt19248050. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19248050. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.6 km (7 miles). Global time and date of event 05/09/19 / 2019-09-05 09:33:28 / September 5, 2019 @ 9:33 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manatí, Ciales, Barceloneta (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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