A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 107 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (66 miles). Exact location of event, depth 58 km, -67.4851° West, 19.3893° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/01/20 / 2020-01-01 22:20:17 / January 1, 2020 @ 10:20 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020001276. Id of event: pr2020001276. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:20:17 / 6:20 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days nine hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 107 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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