A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 83 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (52 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 06:50:52 / 6:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/12/19 / 2019-12-16 10:50:52 / December 16, 2019 @ 10:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3451 West, latitude 19.2133 North, depth = 40 km. Unique identifier: pr2019350005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019350005.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 83 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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