A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/05/18 / 2018-05-24 07:33:06 / May 24, 2018 @ 7:33 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 91 km (57 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.7161 West, latitude 18.8943 North, depth = 91 km. The temblor was reported at 02:33:06 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2018144002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018144002.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
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