A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Barceloneta in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 92 km, -66.549° West, 18.468° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018119002. Unique identifier: pr2018119002. Global time and date of event 29/04/18 / 2018-04-29 15:58:05 / April 29, 2018 @ 3:58 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 11:58:05 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Río Grande, Patillas, Arroyo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km NNW of Barceloneta, Puerto Rico.
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