A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes Puerto Rico region (0 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 01:35:03 / 1:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.5533 West, latitude 19.2575 North, depth = 29 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/02/19 / 2019-02-13 01:35:03 / February 13, 2019 @ 1:35 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019044002. Id of event: pr2019044002.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: Puerto Rico region.
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