A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Suarez in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 02:14:38 / 2:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -65.8203° West, latitude 19.025° North, depth = 14 km. Global time and date of event 25/11/19 / 2019-11-25 06:14:38 / November 25, 2019 @ 6:14 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). Unique identifier: pr2019329002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019329002.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dorado, Bayamón, Ingenio (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 three, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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