A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 85 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (53 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2135 West, latitude 19.2585 North, depth = 26 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019267108. Id of event: pr2019267108. Global time and date of event 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 07:57:33 / September 24, 2019 @ 7:57 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 03:57:33 / 3:57 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days sixty-six, in the past 30 days seventy-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 85 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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