A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was reported 85 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (53 miles) on Monday. Unique identifier: pr2020272014. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c2b5, pr2020272014. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -67.2556° West, 19.2455° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/09/20 / 2020-09-28 21:24:44 / September 28, 2020 @ 9:24 pm. The 3.38-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:24:44 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days nine hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 85 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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