A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 09:32:32 / September 24, 2019 @ 9:32 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2019267122. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019267122. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.203 West, latitude 19.0268 North, depth = 11 km. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:32:32 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Hatillo, Aguada (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-six, in the last 10 days seventy-one, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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