A minor earthquake magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 84 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (52 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 25 km (16 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.2708° West, latitude 19.2393° North, depth = 25 km. Global time and date of event 17/12/19 / 2019-12-17 11:02:59 / December 17, 2019 @ 11:02 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 07:02:59 / 7:02 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2019351010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019351010.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days eight hundred and sixty-three 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: 84 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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