A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/18 / 2018-07-02 23:35:31 / July 2, 2018 @ 11:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3313 West, latitude 18.86 North, depth = 56 km. Unique identifier: pr2018183016. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018183016. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:35:31 / 7:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Marías, Mayagüez, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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