A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Caban in Puerto Rico on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018124005. Unique identifier: pr2018124005. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:55:53 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/18 / 2018-05-04 06:55:53 / May 4, 2018 @ 6:55 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 96 km (60 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1716 West, latitude 18.4718 North, depth = 96 km.
Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ponce, Ciales, Manatí (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km NW of Caban, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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