A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 79 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (49 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019268068. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019268068. Exact location, longitude -67.3388° West, latitude 19.1685° North, depth = 23 km. Global time and date of event 25/09/19 / 2019-09-25 16:13:37 / September 25, 2019 @ 4:13 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:13:37 / 12:13 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days five hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 79 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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