A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 76 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (47 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.2206° West, latitude 19.174° North, depth = 31 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019047015. Unique identifier: pr2019047015. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:59:55 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 31 km (19 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/02/19 / 2019-02-16 07:59:55 / February 16, 2019 @ 7:59 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 76 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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