A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 86 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (53 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2017186006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2017186006. Global time and date of event 05/07/17 / 2017-07-05 06:49:15 / July 5, 2017 @ 6:49 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 19 km, -67.4365° West, 19.2003° North. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:49:15 / 2:49 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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