A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Guaynabo in Puerto Rico on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/17 / 2017-05-19 21:24:31 / May 19, 2017 @ 9:24 pm. The temblor was reported at 17:24:31 / 5:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.0748° West, latitude 18.3741° North, depth = 116 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: pr2017139020. Event ids that are associated: pr2017139020.
Epicenter of the event was 11 km (7 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Peñuelas, Adjuntas, Adjuntas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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