A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 87 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (54 miles) on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us70007kkw. Unique identifier: us70007kkw. Exact location, longitude -67.6351° West, latitude 19.0956° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:20:59 / 8:20 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/02/20 / 2020-02-07 01:20:59 / February 7, 2020 @ 1:20 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighty-three, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days one thousand and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 87 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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