A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) strikes 86 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (53 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/19 / 2019-12-15 16:37:55 / December 15, 2019 @ 4:37 pm. The temblor was reported at 12:37:55 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2806 West, latitude 19.2536 North, depth = 21 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019349012. Unique identifier: pr2019349012.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days ninety-nine and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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