A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from G. L. Garcia in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/01/18 / 2018-01-31 20:36:10 / January 31, 2018 @ 8:36 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018031010. Unique identifier: pr2018031010. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). The 2.99-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:36:10 / 4:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.0756° West, 18.0933° North, depth 8 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guayanilla, Adjuntas, Adjuntas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km SE of G. L. Garcia, Puerto Rico.
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