A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:09:30 / 12:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 16:09:30 / September 25, 2019 @ 4:09 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019268066. Id of event: pr2019268066. Exact location of event, longitude -67.3896 West, latitude 19.0661 North, depth = 25 km.
Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguadilla, Isabela.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-one 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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