A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 90 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (56 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.4493 West, latitude 19.2418 North, depth = 26 km. The temblor was detected at 10:48:19 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/19 / 2019-12-22 14:48:19 / December 22, 2019 @ 2:48 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2019356041. Event ids that are associated: pr2019356041. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26 km (16 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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