A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:36:48 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 01:36:48 / June 27, 2018 @ 1:36 am. Event id: pr2018178000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018178000. Exact location of event, depth 42 km, -67.262° West, 18.5838° North.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Estancias de Florida, Yauco, Adjuntas. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km NNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
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