A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:46:57 / 4:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 42 km, -67.1628° West, 19.1251° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 08:46:57 / September 25, 2019 @ 8:46 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019268007. Id of event: pr2019268007. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camuy, Aguadilla, Quebradillas. Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 70 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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