A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/04/18 / 2018-04-18 12:46:12 / April 18, 2018 @ 12:46 pm. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:46:12 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2018108009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018108009. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, depth 4 km, -65.4718° West, 18.0845° North.
The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop). Nearby 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 Cruz Bay, Guaynabo, Cidra.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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