A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Loiza in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -65.8941° West, latitude 18.6525° North, depth = 93 km. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:32:49 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2017339004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2017339004. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 09:32:49 / December 5, 2017 @ 9:32 am.
The epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Isabel Segunda, Patillas.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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