A minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 21:31:13 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018021000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018021000. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/01/18 / 2018-01-21 01:31:13 / January 21, 2018 @ 1:31 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -65.899 West, latitude 18.9978 North, depth = 25 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Vega Alta, Fajardo. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 62 km NNE of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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