A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 07:25:41 / September 24, 2019 @ 7:25 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2598 West, latitude 19.0785 North, depth = 55 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr2019267109. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019267109. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:25:41 / 3:25 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 73 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Aguadilla, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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