A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018037003. Unique identifier: pr2018037003. Exact location of earthquake, -67.385° West, 18.1566° North, depth 19 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 06:29:11 / February 6, 2018 @ 6:29 am. The temblor was reported at 02:29:11 / 2:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19 km (12 miles).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Utuado, Peñuelas (min 5000 pop).
Every 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 twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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