A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -67.4065° West, latitude 18.9353° North, depth = 5 km. The 3.23-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:19:14 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018122004. Unique identifier: pr2018122004. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 07:19:14 / May 2, 2018 @ 7:19 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Hatillo, Añasco (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 58 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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