A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019268093. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019268093. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 23:40:42 / September 25, 2019 @ 11:40 pm. The temblor was detected at 19:40:42 / 7:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.4765° West, latitude 19.1196° North, depth = 13 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manatí, San Antonio, Dorado (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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