A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:43:59 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us60005mjf. Unique identifier: us60005mjf. Exact location, longitude -67.0367° West, latitude 18.7415° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 03:43:59 / September 24, 2019 @ 3:43 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lajas, Vega Baja, Puerto Real (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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