A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 80 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (50 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 01:33:15 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 05:33:15 / September 24, 2019 @ 5:33 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.2495° West, latitude 19.2096° North, depth = 11 km. Event id: pr2019267011. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019267011.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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