A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 85 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (53 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019267130. Id of event: pr2019267130. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 12:53:03 / September 24, 2019 @ 12:53 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2173 West, latitude 19.2591 North, depth = 35 km. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:53:03 / 8:53 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days seventy-eight, in the past 30 days ninety-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty 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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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. 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: 85 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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