A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 97 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (60 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.628 West, latitude 19.2165 North, depth = 4 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 04:33:27 / May 20, 2018 @ 4:33 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:33:27 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018140003. Id of event: pr2018140003. The epicenter was at a depth of 4 km (2 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 97 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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