A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 80 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico (50 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 06:35:24 / September 29, 2019 @ 6:35 am. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:35:24 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -67.0003 West, latitude 19.2248 North, depth = 16 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019272010. Id of event: pr2019272010.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 80 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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