A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Indios in Puerto Rico. The 3.37-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:59:10 / 11:59 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location, longitude -66.8363° West, latitude 17.9216° North, depth = 5 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/12/19 / 2019-12-31 15:59:10 / December 31, 2019 @ 3:59 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019365014. Id of event: pr2019365014.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio, Toa Alta, Ceiba. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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