A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019273031. Id of event: pr2019273031. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/09/19 / 2019-09-30 18:24:45 / September 30, 2019 @ 6:24 pm. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:24:45 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2268 West, latitude 19.012 North, depth = 6 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Hatillo, Camuy (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and ten, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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