A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Culebra in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 112 km (70 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018141009. Id of event: pr2018141009. Exact location of event, depth 112 km, -65.4468° West, 18.494° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/05/18 / 2018-05-21 21:13:30 / May 21, 2018 @ 9:13 pm. The temblor was detected at 17:13:30 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sabana Seca, Levittown, Bayamón (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 26 km NW of Culebra, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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