A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 80 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (50 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.3258° West, latitude 19.1826° North, depth = 9 km. The temblor was detected at 02:47:21 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/10/19 / 2019-10-04 06:47:21 / October 4, 2019 @ 6:47 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Event id: pr2019277014. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019277014.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 80 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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