A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was reported 82 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (51 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -67.8605 West, latitude 19.163 North, depth = 10 km. The 3.24-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:25:37 / 5:25 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2020001019. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020001019, us70006tbj. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 22:25:37 / January 1, 2020 @ 10:25 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days sixty, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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