A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 14:54:33 / September 25, 2019 @ 2:54 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -67.1296 West, latitude 19.0013 North, depth = 6 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019268011. Event ids that are associated: pr2019268011. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:54:33 / 10:54 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Rincón, Arecibo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days sixty-seven, in the past 30 days eighty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 56 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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