A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/19 / 2019-09-27 01:00:00 / September 27, 2019 @ 1:00 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.0438 West, latitude 18.977 North, depth = 5 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019270009. Event ids that are associated: pr2019270009. The temblor was reported at 21:00:00 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rincón, San Sebastián, Aguada. Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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