A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -67.4001° West, latitude 18.528° North, depth = 20 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018046000. Unique identifier: pr2018046000. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:06:18 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 15/02/18 / 2018-02-15 03:06:18 / February 15, 2018 @ 3:06 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Sabana Grande, Lajas. Event epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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