A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/18 / 2018-07-25 15:53:52 / July 25, 2018 @ 3:53 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -67.5466 West, latitude 18.9171 North, depth = 8 km. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:53:52 / 10:53 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018206005. Id of event: pr2018206005. The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moca, Isabela, Rincón. Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-two 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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