A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Arroyo in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt18130002, pr2018130006. Id of event: pr2018130006. Exact location of event, depth 13 km, -66.0126° West, 17.9283° North. The temblor was picked up at 15:48:36 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/05/18 / 2018-05-10 19:48:36 / May 10, 2018 @ 7:48 pm.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Culebra, Guayanilla, Utuado. Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 6 km SE of Arroyo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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