A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27 km (17 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019267160. Unique identifier: pr2019267160. Exact location of earthquake, -67.2468° West, 19.0793° North, depth 27 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 10:57:11 / September 24, 2019 @ 10:57 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 06:57:11 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter).
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). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-six, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days ninety-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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