A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -67.323 West, latitude 19.072 North, depth = 10 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:45:20 / 10:45 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019267158. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019267158. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 14:45:20 / September 24, 2019 @ 2:45 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-six, in the last 10 days eighty-three, in the past 30 days ninety-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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