A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 84 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (52 miles). Exact location of event, depth 34 km, -67.324° West, 19.225° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 10:08:30 / September 24, 2019 @ 10:08 am. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:08:30 / 6:08 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019267131. Id of event: pr2019267131. The epicenter was at a depth of 34 km (21 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-nine, in the last 10 days seventy-four, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 84 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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