A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 83 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (52 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 15:49:14 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 19:49:14 / September 24, 2019 @ 7:49 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2019267147. Event ids that are associated: pr2019267147. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.3301° West, latitude 19.2138° North, depth = 57 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-nine, in the last 10 days ninety-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-eight 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 83 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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