A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Ceiba in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 131 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.19-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:44:30 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -65.6885° West, 18.2721° North, depth 131 km. Event id: pr2017293000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2017293000. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/10/17 / 2017-10-20 06:44:30 / October 20, 2017 @ 6:44 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Vega Baja, Morovis (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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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