A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Vieques in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 00:11:18 / 12:11 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 30 km (19 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018036000. Unique identifier: pr2018036000. Exact location, longitude -65.803° West, latitude 19.0895° North, depth = 30 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/18 / 2018-02-05 04:11:18 / February 5, 2018 @ 4:11 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Isidro (c. 8 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Santa Barbara (c. 5 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Loíza (c. 4 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Barbara, San Isidro, San Juan (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km N of Vieques, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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