A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8771° West, 18.6088° North, depth 65 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/02/18 / 2018-02-18 06:46:38 / February 18, 2018 @ 6:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2018049004. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018049004. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:46:38 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barranquitas, Sabana Seca, Levittown (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km NNW of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
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