A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -67.5573° West, latitude 18.7245° North, depth = 99 km. Unique identifier: pr2019267170. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019267170. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 99 km (62 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 20:02:36 / September 24, 2019 @ 8:02 pm. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:02:36 / 3:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Sebastián, Mayagüez, Quebradillas (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-seven, in the last 10 days eighty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and five and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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