A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 05:09:29 / September 24, 2019 @ 5:09 am. The temblor was detected at 01:09:29 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us60005mkl. Event ids that are associated: us60005mkl. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -67.0989° West, 19.0834° North.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Aguada, Moca (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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