A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 65 kilometers (40 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60005mjj. Ids that are associated to the event: pt19267003, us60005mjj. The temblor was reported at 23:51:07 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 03:51:07 / September 24, 2019 @ 3:51 am. Exact location of earthquake, -67.2084° West, 19.0781° North, depth 10 km.
Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Lares (c. 7 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mayagüez, Las Marías, Lares (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 65 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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