A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 107 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (66 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019357039. Id of event: pr2019357039. The temblor was detected at 19:41:22 / 7:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/12/19 / 2019-12-23 23:41:22 / December 23, 2019 @ 11:41 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2905 West, latitude 19.4483 North, depth = 25 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and ten, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days nine hundred and twenty-one 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. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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