A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 79 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (49 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/02/20 / 2020-02-05 18:40:38 / February 5, 2020 @ 6:40 pm. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:40:38 / 1:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.5148° West, 19.0925° North, depth 7 km. Unique identifier: pr2020036042. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2020036042. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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