A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 21:27:16 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2019268022. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019268022. Exact location, longitude -67.1291° West, latitude 19.009° North, depth = 9 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 01:27:16 / September 25, 2019 @ 1:27 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Rincón, Arecibo (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-two, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-six 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.
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