A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 88 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (55 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.6395 West, latitude 19.1093 North, depth = 27 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019352008. Unique identifier: pr2019352008. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/12/19 / 2019-12-18 07:04:21 / December 18, 2019 @ 7:04 am. The temblor was detected at 02:04:21 / 2:04 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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