A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) strikes 87 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (54 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -67.2875° West, 19.2645° North, depth 19 km. The temblor was reported at 06:15:07 / 6:15 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/09/19 / 2019-09-30 10:15:07 / September 30, 2019 @ 10:15 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2019273020. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019273020.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days two hundred and eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 87 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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