A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr2018118002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018118002. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/04/18 / 2018-04-28 12:14:03 / April 28, 2018 @ 12:14 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 82 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 08:14:03 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 82 km, -67.194° West, 18.8276° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hormigueros, Maricao, Mayagüez. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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