A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:15:29 / 6:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 8 km, -67.0861° West, 19.1163° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/09/19 / 2019-09-23 10:15:29 / September 23, 2019 @ 10:15 am. Unique identifier: pr2019266009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019266009.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Hatillo, Camuy (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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