A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 95 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (59 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:22:06 / 9:22 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019360018. Unique identifier: pr2019360018. Exact location of event, depth 18 km, -67.6226° West, 19.1905° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/12/19 / 2019-12-26 14:22:06 / December 26, 2019 @ 2:22 pm.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety and in the last 365 days nine hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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