A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019269015. Unique identifier: pr2019269015. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:33:35 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 22:33:35 / September 26, 2019 @ 10:33 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2646 West, latitude 19.103 North, depth = 21 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Aguadilla, Isabela. Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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