A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 80 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (50 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.2493° West, 19.2071° North, depth 36 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 21:49:03 / September 24, 2019 @ 9:49 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 17:49:03 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019267173. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019267173.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-four, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days one hundred and three and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 80 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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