A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Event id: pr2019267091. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019267091. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:49:00 / 2:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2635 West, latitude 19.0391 North, depth = 23 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 06:49:00 / September 24, 2019 @ 6:49 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Camuy, Aguada. Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days eighty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 62 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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