A minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 99 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (62 miles). Exact location of event, depth 65 km, -67.4881° West, 19.3135° North. The 3.26-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:47:01 / 9:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/08/17 / 2017-08-28 01:47:01 / August 28, 2017 @ 1:47 am. Id of earthquake: pr2017240000. Event ids that are associated: pr2017240000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 99 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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