A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) was reported 88 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (55 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 78 km (48 miles). Global time and date of event 23/02/18 / 2018-02-23 18:52:53 / February 23, 2018 @ 6:52 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018054004. Id of event: pr2018054004. The 3.23-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:52:53 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.4481 West, latitude 19.2235 North, depth = 78 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 88 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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