A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Ciales in Puerto Rico. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:52:34 / 5:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.5151 West, latitude 18.33 North, depth = 116 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018046005. Id of event: pr2018046005. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/02/18 / 2018-02-15 21:52:34 / February 15, 2018 @ 9:52 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 116 km (72 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Puerto Real, Humacao (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-eight 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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