A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) was reported 94 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (58 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -67.3358° West, latitude 19.3135° North, depth = 43 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/10/19 / 2019-10-08 23:26:22 / October 8, 2019 @ 11:26 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2019281029. Event ids that are associated: pr2019281029. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 19:26:22 / 7:26 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days three hundred and four and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 94 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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