A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 09:18:56 / September 24, 2019 @ 9:18 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2075 West, latitude 19.1 North, depth = 9 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019267030. Event ids that are associated: pr2019267030. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:18:56 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Aguadilla, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 68 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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