A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 90 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (56 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19 km (12 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/10/19 / 2019-10-01 09:52:58 / October 1, 2019 @ 9:52 am UTC/GMT. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:52:58 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019274018. Unique identifier: pr2019274018. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4133 West, latitude 19.2568 North, depth = 19 km.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventeen, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days five hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 90 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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