A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 90 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (56 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/04/19 / 2019-04-16 18:28:52 / April 16, 2019 @ 6:28 pm. Exact location, longitude -67.6211° West, latitude 19.1431° North, depth = 46 km. The temblor was reported at 13:28:52 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019106009. Id of event: pr2019106009. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46 km (29 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 90 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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