A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:13:35 / 4:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3 km (2 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/10/18 / 2018-10-19 08:13:35 / October 19, 2018 @ 8:13 am. Exact location of event, depth 3 km, -66.4846° West, 19.0215° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018292010. Id of event: pr2018292010.
The epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciales, Cataño, Toa Alta.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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