A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 81 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (50 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/01/20 / 2020-01-02 09:01:40 / January 2, 2020 @ 9:01 am. The temblor was reported at 04:01:40 / 4:01 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2020002015. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020002015. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.6395° West, 19.0228° North, depth 11 km.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 81 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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