A minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) strikes 80 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (50 miles) on Friday. Unique identifier: pr2019270006. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019270006. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.2845° West, latitude 19.1998° North, depth = 36 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/09/19 / 2019-09-27 12:48:06 / September 27, 2019 @ 12:48 pm. The 3.15-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:48:06 / 8:48 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 80 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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