A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 95 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (59 miles). Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -67.2885° West, 19.3383° North. Unique identifier: pr2019357023. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019357023. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/12/19 / 2019-12-23 10:40:50 / December 23, 2019 @ 10:40 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 06:40:50 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days nine hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 95 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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