A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (51 miles) on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: pr2019351038. Event ids that are associated: pr2019351038. Exact location, longitude -67.5891° West, latitude 19.069° North, depth = 30 km. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:54:04 / 12:54 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 17/12/19 / 2019-12-17 05:54:04 / December 17, 2019 @ 5:54 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-three and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 82 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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