A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 90 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (56 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2286 West, latitude 19.302 North, depth = 18 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18 km (11 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/12/19 / 2019-12-17 01:16:47 / December 17, 2019 @ 1:16 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr2019351017. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019351017. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:16:47 / 9:16 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days eight hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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