A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:35:00 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2019267043. Event ids that are associated: pr2019267043. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1751 West, latitude 19.0441 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 03:35:00 / September 24, 2019 @ 3:35 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Aguada, Moca (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 61 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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