A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 82 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (51 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 08:22:33 / September 29, 2019 @ 8:22 am. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:22:33 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3071 West, latitude 19.2108 North, depth = 25 km. Event id: pr2019272020. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019272020. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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-seven and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 82 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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