A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 38 km (24 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.226° West, 19.1133° North, depth 38 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 06:10:31 / September 25, 2019 @ 6:10 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019268029. Unique identifier: pr2019268029. The temblor was reported at 02:10:31 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Aguadilla, Isabela. Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and one, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 70 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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