A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 98 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (61 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.45 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/02/19 / 2019-02-23 19:21:07 / February 23, 2019 @ 7:21 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:21:07 / 2:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt19054050, us2000jm4h. Id of event: us2000jm4h. Exact location of event, longitude -67.6822 West, latitude 19.1888 North, depth = 19.45 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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