A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9803° West, 18.601° North, depth 82 km. Event id: pr2018114010. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018114010. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 82 km (51 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/04/18 / 2018-04-24 08:44:11 / April 24, 2018 @ 8:44 am. The temblor was reported at 04:44:11 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dorado, Ponce, Corozal (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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