A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 88 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (55 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:57:57 / 7:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.5775 West, latitude 19.1447 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007inj. Id of event: us60007inj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 00:57:57 / January 29, 2020 @ 12:57 am.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days one thousand and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 88 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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