A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Luquillo in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -65.61° West, latitude 18.679° North, depth = 23.3 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/02/18 / 2018-02-09 16:50:20 / February 9, 2018 @ 4:50 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.3 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:50:20 / 12:50 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pt18040002. Event ids that are associated: pt18040002.
Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Morovis, Arroyo, Barranquitas. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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