A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 89 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (55 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.5578 West, latitude 19.1721 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/04/20 / 2020-04-30 04:26:58 / April 30, 2020 @ 4:26 am. The temblor was reported at 23:26:58 / 11:26 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us700097ba. Event ids that are associated: us700097ba. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days one thousand and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 89 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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