A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 22:29:58 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.4648° West, 19.1355° North, depth 12 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018048003. Id of event: pr2018048003. Global time and date of event 17/02/18 / 2018-02-17 02:29:58 / February 17, 2018 @ 2:29 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barceloneta (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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