A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 127 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico (79 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019182010. Unique identifier: pr2019182010. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/07/19 / 2019-07-01 16:24:36 / July 1, 2019 @ 4:24 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29 km (18 miles). The 2.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:24:36 / 12:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.4285 West, latitude 19.6143 North, depth = 29 km.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 127 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico.
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