A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 13 km, -67.0901° West, 19.022° North. Unique identifier: pr2019268019. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019268019. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 01:24:23 / September 25, 2019 @ 1:24 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 21:24:23 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Sebastián, Arecibo, Aguada (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-two, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and ten and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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