A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 80 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (50 miles). Global time and date of event 17/10/19 / 2019-10-17 22:19:51 / October 17, 2019 @ 10:19 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.3135 West, latitude 19.1906 North, depth = 23 km. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:19:51 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2019290017. Event ids that are associated: pr2019290017.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seventy-one, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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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