A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 115 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (71 miles). Global time and date of event 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 00:47:43 / December 21, 2019 @ 12:47 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 69 km (43 miles). Event id: pr2019355002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019355002. The temblor was detected at 19:47:43 / 7:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.5755 West, latitude 19.4365 North, depth = 69 km.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eighty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days eight hundred and ninety 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 115 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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