A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us60005mna. Ids that are associated to the event: us60005mna. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 08:29:31 / September 24, 2019 @ 8:29 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1762 West, latitude 19.1518 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:29:31 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). 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 Hatillo, Camuy, Aguadilla.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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