A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) was reported 85 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (53 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 09:27:57 / September 16, 2024 @ 9:27 am. Exact location, longitude -67.3641° West, latitude 19.2221° North, depth = 64 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2024260000. Id of event: pr2024260000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 09:27:57 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 85 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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