A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Vieques in Puerto Rico on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.8158 West, latitude 19.0446 North, depth = 29 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/11/19 / 2019-11-22 13:52:58 / November 22, 2019 @ 1:52 pm. The temblor was detected at 09:52:58 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019326015. Unique identifier: pr2019326015.
Event 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Levittown, Luquillo, Carolina (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twenty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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