A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 86 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (53 miles). The 2.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:00:45 / 3:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 45 km, -67.3656° West, 19.2306° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 19:00:45 / September 24, 2019 @ 7:00 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019267136. Unique identifier: pr2019267136.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-two, in the last 10 days seventy-eight, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 86 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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