A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 11:20:20 / 11:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38 km (24 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019343007. Id of event: pr2019343007. Global time and date of event 09/12/19 / 2019-12-09 15:20:20 / December 9, 2019 @ 3:20 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -67.1291° West, 19.127° North, depth 38 km.
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 Quebradillas, Isabela. The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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