A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -67.1926° West, latitude 19.0738° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 04:16:30 / September 25, 2019 @ 4:16 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019268026. Unique identifier: pr2019268026. The temblor was picked up at 00:16:30 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Moca, Hatillo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-six, in the last 10 days ninety-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 65 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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