A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:54:38 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 16:54:38 / September 25, 2019 @ 4:54 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2019268071. Event ids that are associated: pr2019268071. Exact location, longitude -67.0923° West, latitude 19.0951° North, depth = 23 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguadilla, Hatillo, Camuy. The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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