A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 73 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 73 km, -66.9468° West, 18.5933° North. The temblor was picked up at 18:41:10 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018024005. Unique identifier: pr2018024005. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/01/18 / 2018-01-24 22:41:10 / January 24, 2018 @ 10:41 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ingenio, Campanilla, Toa Alta. Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km NE of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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