A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 91 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (57 miles). Global time and date of event 09/10/19 / 2019-10-09 02:01:20 / October 9, 2019 @ 2:01 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). Exact location of event, depth 24 km, -67.2311° West, 19.3101° North. Id of earthquake: pr2019282003. Event ids that are associated: pr2019282003. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:01:20 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days three hundred and ten and in the last 365 days six hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 91 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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