A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 81 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico (50 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 02:56:53 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2018112002. Event ids that are associated: pr2018112002. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/04/18 / 2018-04-22 06:56:53 / April 22, 2018 @ 6:56 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.2625 West, latitude 19.201 North, depth = 27 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 27 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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