A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) was reported 83 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (52 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/02/20 / 2020-02-12 08:17:18 / February 12, 2020 @ 8:17 am. Event id: pr2020043008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2020043008. The temblor was picked up at 03:17:18 / 3:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.5338 West, latitude 19.124 North, depth = 28 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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