A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 04:01:50 / September 26, 2019 @ 4:01 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.1711° West, 19.0696° North, depth 10 km. Event id: pr2019269003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019269003. The temblor was detected at 00:01:50 / 12:01 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Moca, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eighty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and three and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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: 64 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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