A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:15:09 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 06:15:09 / September 24, 2019 @ 6:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -67.1819° West, 18.9425° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us60005mlm. Ids that are associated to the event: us60005mlm.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Las Marías, Lares, Añasco. The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Lares (c. 7 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 50 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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