A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2018033008. Event ids that are associated: pr2018033008. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:58:26 / 4:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/02/18 / 2018-02-02 21:58:26 / February 2, 2018 @ 9:58 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.5395 West, latitude 18.749 North, depth = 7 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Marías, Camuy, Mayagüez. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-eight 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.
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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. 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: 54 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
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