A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 33 km, -67.1168° West, 19.0196° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:23:04 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 07:23:04 / September 24, 2019 @ 7:23 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019267104. Unique identifier: pr2019267104.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Rincón, Arecibo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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