A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2568 West, latitude 19.0516 North, depth = 39 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 20:35:50 / September 29, 2019 @ 8:35 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2019272045. Event ids that are associated: pr2019272045. The temblor was detected at 16:35:50 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 39 km (24 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hatillo, Camuy, Aguada (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 64 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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