A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89 km (55 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.4168° West, latitude 19.0585° North, depth = 89 km. The temblor was reported at 11:39:09 / 11:39 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 15:39:09 / September 24, 2019 @ 3:39 pm. Unique identifier: pr2019267154. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019267154.
Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Isabela (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-six, in the last 10 days eighty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days five hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 71 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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