A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) was reported 91 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (57 miles) on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/08/17 / 2017-08-27 16:10:58 / August 27, 2017 @ 4:10 pm. The temblor was detected at 12:10:58 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017239009. Id of event: pr2017239009. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57 km (35 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3201 West, latitude 19.2951 North, depth = 57 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 91 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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