A minor earthquake magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Event id: pr2018131001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018131001. The 3.34-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:24:34 / 10:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23 km (14 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.239° West, 19.144° North, depth 23 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/05/18 / 2018-05-11 02:24:34 / May 11, 2018 @ 2:24 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quebradillas, Aguadilla, Isabela. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 73 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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