A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Id of earthquake: pr2018168004. Event ids that are associated: pr2018168004. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.5245 West, latitude 18.7536 North, depth = 4 km. The temblor was detected at 00:27:39 / 12:27 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 4 km (2 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 05:27:39 / June 17, 2018 @ 5:27 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camuy, Mayagüez, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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: 53 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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