A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 77 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (48 miles). Unique identifier: pr2017337002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2017337002. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/12/17 / 2017-12-03 10:45:34 / December 3, 2017 @ 10:45 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.5486 West, latitude 19.0481 North, depth = 23 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23 km (14 miles). The 3.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:45:34 / 5:45 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 77 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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