A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr2018133012. Event ids that are associated: pr2018133012. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 06:20:03 / May 13, 2018 @ 6:20 am. The temblor was reported at 02:20:03 / 2:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 18 km, -66.848° West, 19.0868° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barceloneta, Arecibo, Quebradillas.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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