A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) strikes 78 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (48 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2788 West, latitude 19.1833 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:53:37 / 6:53 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2019343016. Event ids that are associated: pr2019343016. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/19 / 2019-12-09 22:53:37 / December 9, 2019 @ 10:53 pm.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-two 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.
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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: 78 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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