A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) strikes 90 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (56 miles) on Saturday. Event id: pr2019355016. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019355016. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2846 West, latitude 19.2878 North, depth = 21 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/19 / 2019-12-21 14:17:54 / December 21, 2019 @ 2:17 pm. The temblor was picked up at 10:17:54 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days nine hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 90 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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