A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 19:27:13 / 7:27 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/02/19 / 2019-02-24 23:27:13 / February 24, 2019 @ 11:27 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -66.538 West, latitude 19.1596 North, depth = 13 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019055012. Unique identifier: pr2019055012.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barceloneta, Arecibo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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