A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 08:37:10 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 12:37:10 / September 24, 2019 @ 12:37 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019267143. Unique identifier: pr2019267143. Exact location of event, longitude -67.1618 West, latitude 19.0105 North, depth = 6 km.
The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 65 km (40 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), 68 km (42 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Arecibo, Rincón (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-five, in the last 10 days eighty-one, in the past 30 days ninety-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 57 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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