A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 98 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (61 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -67.6073° West, latitude 19.2396° North, depth = 17 km. The temblor was reported at 01:59:20 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17 km (11 miles). Global time and date of event 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 06:59:20 / January 15, 2019 @ 6:59 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2019015015. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019015015.
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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