A minor earthquake magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 91 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (57 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019361000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019361000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49 km (30 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/19 / 2019-12-27 01:19:58 / December 27, 2019 @ 1:19 am. The temblor was picked up at 21:19:58 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.3193° West, 19.293° North, depth 49 km.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ninety-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days nine hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 91 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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