A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:27:06 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018035000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018035000. Exact location of event, longitude -65.5075 West, latitude 17.929 North, depth = 12 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/02/18 / 2018-02-04 02:27:06 / February 4, 2018 @ 2:27 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cidra, Aguas Buenas. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 19 km SSW of Esperanza, Puerto Rico.
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