A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 05:36:05 / September 24, 2019 @ 5:36 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -67.2013° West, latitude 18.9928° North, depth = 7 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). The 3.09-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:36:05 / 1:36 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019267013. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019267013.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Añasco, Arecibo, San Sebastián.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 56 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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