A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2018056009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018056009. Global time and date of event 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 20:10:49 / February 25, 2018 @ 8:10 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -67.5226° West, 18.943° North, depth 50 km. The temblor was reported at 15:10:49 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter).
Close 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 Moca, Rincón, Isabela. Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 67 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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