A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 85 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (53 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019270022. Id of event: pr2019270022. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/19 / 2019-09-27 04:59:05 / September 27, 2019 @ 4:59 am. The temblor was detected at 00:59:05 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2321 West, latitude 19.256 North, depth = 36 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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