A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 93 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (58 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4988 West, latitude 19.2423 North, depth = 41 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019267069. Id of event: pr2019267069. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 04:18:40 / September 24, 2019 @ 4:18 am UTC/GMT. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:18:40 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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