A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 91 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (57 miles) on Monday. Exact location, longitude -67.2471° West, latitude 19.3065° North, depth = 27 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27 km (17 miles). Global time and date of event 17/12/19 / 2019-12-17 01:24:04 / December 17, 2019 @ 1:24 am UTC/GMT. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:24:04 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019351018. Unique identifier: pr2019351018.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-one, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 91 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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