A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 06:51:40 / September 25, 2019 @ 6:51 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 74 km (46 miles). The 2.83-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:51:40 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1726 West, latitude 18.9566 North, depth = 74 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019268005. Event ids that are associated: pr2019268005.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, Arecibo, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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