A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Punta Santiago in Puerto Rico on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018011010. Unique identifier: pr2018011010. Exact location of earthquake, -65.6718° West, 18.0781° North, depth 62 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/01/18 / 2018-01-11 14:45:23 / January 11, 2018 @ 2:45 pm. The temblor was picked up at 10:45:23 / 10:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vega Alta, Santa Isabel, San Antonio. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-four 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km SE of Punta Santiago, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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