A minor earthquake magnitude 3.37 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 01:48:29 / 1:48 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/05/18 / 2018-05-20 06:48:29 / May 20, 2018 @ 6:48 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111 km (69 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018140004. Unique identifier: pr2018140004. Exact location of earthquake, -67.5001° West, 18.9403° North, depth 111 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Moca, Rincón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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