A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:44:22 / 3:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -67.3913° West, 19.0563° North. Id of earthquake: pr2019272054. Event ids that are associated: pr2019272054. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 19:44:22 / September 29, 2019 @ 7:44 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Aguadilla, Isabela.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days two hundred, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 69 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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