A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) strikes 97 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (60 miles) on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019352014. Id of event: pr2019352014. The temblor was detected at 05:20:27 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.4621 West, latitude 19.2995 North, depth = 30 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/12/19 / 2019-12-18 09:20:27 / December 18, 2019 @ 9:20 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 30 km (19 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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-three and in the last 365 days nine hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 97 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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