A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/10/19 / 2019-10-06 19:30:36 / October 6, 2019 @ 7:30 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2019279025. Event ids that are associated: pr2019279025. The temblor was detected at 15:30:36 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -67.3028° West, 19.0386° North.
Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop). Close 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 Moca, Aguada, Quebradillas.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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