A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019268014. Id of event: pr2019268014. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 21:07:32 / September 25, 2019 @ 9:07 pm. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:07:32 / 5:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.2511 West, latitude 19.1016 North, depth = 56 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56 km (35 miles).
The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Aguadilla, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days eighty, in the past 30 days ninety-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-three 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: 69 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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