A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Loiza in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019324024. Unique identifier: pr2019324024. Exact location, longitude -65.8076° West, latitude 19.0416° North, depth = 24 km. Global time and date of event 20/11/19 / 2019-11-20 22:27:18 / November 20, 2019 @ 10:27 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:27:18 / 6:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Carolina, Luquillo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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