A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Catano in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -66.1303° West, 18.4386° North, depth 109 km. Global time and date of event 07/01/18 / 2018-01-07 02:13:49 / January 7, 2018 @ 2:13 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 22:13:49 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018007002. Id of event: pr2018007002.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 4 km (3 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Peñuelas, Camuy, Hatillo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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