A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 78 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico (48 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/12/19 / 2019-12-14 22:18:55 / December 14, 2019 @ 10:18 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019348009. Unique identifier: pr2019348009. The temblor was reported at 18:18:55 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.0561 West, latitude 19.205 North, depth = 25 km.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days ninety-seven and in the last 365 days seven hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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