A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 03:06:41 / 3:06 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.147 West, latitude 19.0103 North, depth = 5 km. Event id: pr2019270003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019270003. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/19 / 2019-09-27 07:06:41 / September 27, 2019 @ 7:06 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 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), 77 km (48 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Rincón, Arecibo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km NNW of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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