A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:53:54 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61 km (38 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019267078. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019267078. Exact location, longitude -67.1126° West, latitude 18.9963° North, depth = 61 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 05:53:54 / September 24, 2019 @ 5:53 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Rincón, Arecibo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-two, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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