A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -67.2193° West, latitude 19.112° North, depth = 19 km. The temblor was detected at 04:38:00 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19 km (12 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pt19267011, pr2019267009, us60005mnh. Unique identifier: pr2019267009. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 08:38:00 / September 24, 2019 @ 8:38 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Hatillo, Moca (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 70 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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