A minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 100 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (62 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 38 km (24 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:33:23 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.596 West, latitude 19.2688 North, depth = 38 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017262003. Id of event: pr2017262003. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/09/17 / 2017-09-19 13:33:23 / September 19, 2017 @ 1:33 pm UTC/GMT.
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 three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 100 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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