A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 85 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (53 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3888 West, latitude 19.2088 North, depth = 32 km. Id of earthquake: pr2019276005. Event ids that are associated: pr2019276005. The 3.11-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:50:03 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/10/19 / 2019-10-03 07:50:03 / October 3, 2019 @ 7:50 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
Did you feel the quake?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 85 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply