A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.5093° West, 18.955° North, depth 56 km. The temblor was reported at 10:10:45 / 10:10 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018186008. Id of event: pr2018186008. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/18 / 2018-07-05 14:10:45 / July 5, 2018 @ 2:10 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 56 km (35 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaynabo, Naranjito, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 54 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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