Earthquake details

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Puerto Rico on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 03:32 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Arecibo (Puerto Rico - PR), about 80.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -67.208 and latitude 19.023.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	5.0 km
Coordinates	19.023, -67.208
UTC time	2019-09-24 03:32:41.200

Location	Arecibo
Country	Puerto Rico (PR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2019-09-24

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Arecibo	80.3 km
Mayagüez	91.7 km
Vega Baja	107.8 km
Levittown	125.6 km
Ponce	128.4 km
Bayamón	130.9 km
San Juan	131.7 km
Punta Cana	135.3 km
Guaynabo	137.3 km
Trujillo Alto	146.8 km
Carolina	150.0 km
Caguas	150.5 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.2 San Juan Puerto Rico · 2026-04-13 02:06 UTC	120.5 km
M 4.3 Arecibo Puerto Rico · 2025-08-22 16:28 UTC	22.4 km

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