A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 85 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (53 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:39:41 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 01:39:41 / July 17, 2015 @ 1:39 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 30 km, -67.6055° West, 19.1° North. Id of earthquake: pr15198017. Event ids that are associated: pr15198017.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 85 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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