A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Luquillo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.4266 West, latitude 18.9946 North, depth = 28 km. The 3.29-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:47:32 / 10:47 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018032002. Id of event: pr2018032002. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 28 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/18 / 2018-02-01 14:47:32 / February 1, 2018 @ 2:47 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Río Grande, Loíza, Fajardo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Río Grande (c. 13 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Luquillo (c. 8 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Loíza (c. 4 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Culebra (c. 1 500 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 75 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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