A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 96 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (60 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2019282000. Event ids that are associated: pr2019282000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43 km (27 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/19 / 2019-10-09 00:00:04 / October 9, 2019 @ 12:00 am. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:00:04 / 8:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.3825° West, latitude 19.3253° North, depth = 43 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-five, in the past 30 days three hundred and nine and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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