A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 87 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (54 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.2986° West, latitude 19.2578° North, depth = 28 km. Global time and date of event 23/10/19 / 2019-10-23 11:59:43 / October 23, 2019 @ 11:59 am UTC/GMT. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:59:43 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28 km (17 miles). Event id: pr2019296016. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019296016.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourty-six, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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