A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.4476° West, latitude 19.1446° North, depth = 21 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:38:57 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 21 km (13 miles). Unique identifier: pr2018174003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018174003. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 08:38:57 / June 23, 2018 @ 8:38 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Ceiba (c. 6 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dorado, Ceiba, Vega Baja (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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