A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 91 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (57 miles) on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017186001. Id of event: pr2017186001. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/07/17 / 2017-07-05 01:24:21 / July 5, 2017 @ 1:24 am. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:24:21 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4235 West, latitude 19.2625 North, depth = 29 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 91 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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