A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 98 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (61 miles) on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/19 / 2019-12-17 00:13:09 / December 17, 2019 @ 12:13 am. Unique identifier: pr2019351009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019351009. Exact location, longitude -67.6001° West, latitude 19.2418° North, depth = 38 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 19:13:09 / 7:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days eight hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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