A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 05:42:00 / September 25, 2019 @ 5:42 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -67.117° West, latitude 19.0156° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019268028. Unique identifier: pr2019268028. The temblor was picked up at 01:42:00 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Sebastián, Rincón, Arecibo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days ninety-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 57 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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