A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guaynabo in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 07/08/18 / 2018-08-07 01:58:38 / August 7, 2018 @ 1:58 am UTC/GMT. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:58:38 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 110 km (68 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.0888 West, latitude 18.4043 North, depth = 110 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018219001. Unique identifier: pr2018219001.
Earthquake epicenter was 7 km (4 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabel Segunda, Adjuntas, Adjuntas. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km NNE of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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