A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.419 West, latitude 18.073 North, depth = 11 km. The temblor was reported at 02:32:26 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 06:32:26 / February 20, 2018 @ 6:32 am. Id of earthquake: pr2018051002. Event ids that are associated: pr2018051002.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Utuado, Hatillo, Camuy (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 33 km (20 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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