A light earthquake magnitude 4.41 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The 4.41-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:05:10 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 01:05:10 / September 25, 2019 @ 1:05 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.1533° West, latitude 19.0421° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: pt19268051, us70005ky1, pr2019268002. Unique identifier: pr2019268002.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mayagüez, Barceloneta, Las Marías.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-five, in the last 10 days fifty, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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