A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 88 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (55 miles) on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019350038. Unique identifier: pr2019350038. Exact location of event, depth 25 km, -67.6506° West, 19.0961° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/19 / 2019-12-16 23:51:31 / December 16, 2019 @ 11:51 pm. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:51:31 / 6:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 88 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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