A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 99 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (62 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 05/12/19 / 2019-12-05 05:12:40 / December 5, 2019 @ 5:12 am UTC/GMT. The 3.49-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:12:40 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.463° West, 19.3173° North, depth 45 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019339003. Id of event: pr2019339003.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 99 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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