A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.671° West, 18.2366° North, depth 23 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23 km (14 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:57:21 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2018133018. Event ids that are associated: pr2018133018. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 20:57:21 / May 13, 2018 @ 8:57 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana Grande, Isabela, Maricao. Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 45 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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