A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2436 West, latitude 19.0648 North, depth = 14 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:43:03 / 3:43 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). Global time and date of event 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 07:43:03 / September 24, 2019 @ 7:43 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019267021. Id of event: pr2019267021.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camuy, Aguada, Moca. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 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 fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 65 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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