A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 94 km (58 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:53:33 / 3:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 94 km, -67.2311° West, 18.988° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 07:53:33 / September 24, 2019 @ 7:53 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019267106. Unique identifier: pr2019267106.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Rincón, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days sixty-seven, in the past 30 days eighty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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