A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 04:09:12 / 4:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -65.4413° West, 17.8843° North, depth 5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018189006. Unique identifier: pr2018189006. Global time and date of event 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 08:09:12 / July 8, 2018 @ 8:09 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loíza, Santa Barbara, Saint Croix. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km S of Esperanza, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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