A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) strikes 76 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (47 miles) on Saturday. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:49:31 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.2278 West, latitude 19.1763 North, depth = 46 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019279004. Unique identifier: pr2019279004. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/10/19 / 2019-10-06 01:49:31 / October 6, 2019 @ 1:49 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 46 km (29 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 76 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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