A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was reported 95 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (59 miles) on Monday. Id of earthquake: pr2019350039. Event ids that are associated: pr2019350039. The temblor was detected at 19:55:46 / 7:55 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 16/12/19 / 2019-12-16 23:55:46 / December 16, 2019 @ 11:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2473 West, latitude 19.3463 North, depth = 32 km.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, 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 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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