A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) strikes 79 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (49 miles) on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 08:51:40 / September 24, 2019 @ 8:51 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2019267026. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019267026. The 3.19-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:51:40 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2776 West, latitude 19.1873 North, depth = 48 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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