A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 78 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (48 miles) on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -67.2806° West, latitude 19.1765° North, depth = 9 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/09/19 / 2019-09-26 06:30:46 / September 26, 2019 @ 6:30 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019269004. Unique identifier: pr2019269004. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:30:46 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eighty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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