A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 88 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (55 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2373 West, latitude 19.285 North, depth = 30 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/12/18 / 2018-12-18 22:35:07 / December 18, 2018 @ 10:35 pm. The temblor was reported at 18:35:07 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018352028. Id of event: pr2018352028.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 88 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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