A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 82 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (51 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.7188 West, latitude 18.9525 North, depth = 7 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:56:10 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2020036019. Unique identifier: pr2020036019. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/02/20 / 2020-02-05 08:56:10 / February 5, 2020 @ 8:56 am.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days eighty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 82 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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