A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 76 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (47 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 05:30:28 / September 24, 2019 @ 5:30 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:30:28 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2548 West, latitude 19.1683 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: pr2019267010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019267010.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 76 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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