A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 80 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (50 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:42:20 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2791 West, latitude 19.2006 North, depth = 8 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/10/19 / 2019-10-10 03:42:20 / October 10, 2019 @ 3:42 am. Event id: pr2019283002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019283002.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days one hundred and nine, in the past 30 days three hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days six hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 80 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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