A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 24 km (15 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:15:02 / 9:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.9788° West, 19.0925° North, depth 24 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018191002. Unique identifier: pr2018191002. Global time and date of event 10/07/18 / 2018-07-10 01:15:02 / July 10, 2018 @ 1:15 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Arecibo, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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 twenty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 65 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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