A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 85 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (53 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.5376° West, latitude 19.1385° North, depth = 75 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75 km (47 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018204001. Unique identifier: pr2018204001. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 00:59:57 / July 23, 2018 @ 12:59 am. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:59:57 / 7:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eight, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 85 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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