A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 80 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico (50 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/03/19 / 2019-03-11 02:34:06 / March 11, 2019 @ 2:34 am. The temblor was detected at 22:34:06 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.5703 West, latitude 19.2468 North, depth = 27 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27 km (17 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2019070000. Event ids that are associated: pr2019070000, us1000jdeh.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days two hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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