A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Dorado in Puerto Rico on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018195007. Unique identifier: pr2018195007. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/07/18 / 2018-07-14 17:25:41 / July 14, 2018 @ 5:25 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:25:41 / 1:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.2778° West, latitude 18.9075° North, depth = 32 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Caguas, Comerío, Orocovis. Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 49 km N of Dorado, Puerto Rico.
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