A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was reported 97 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (60 miles) on Sunday. Unique identifier: pr2019364030. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019364030. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 30/12/19 / 2019-12-30 01:27:53 / December 30, 2019 @ 1:27 am UTC/GMT. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:27:53 / 8:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.5668° West, 19.253° North, depth 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eighty, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days nine hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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: 97 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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