A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 85 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (53 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.6038° West, 19.0985° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: pr2019356034. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019356034. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/12/19 / 2019-12-22 09:13:20 / December 22, 2019 @ 9:13 am. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:13:20 / 4:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 85 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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