A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 18:13:45 / 6:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -65.4738° West, 18.0351° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/18 / 2018-08-03 22:13:45 / August 3, 2018 @ 10:13 pm. Event id: pr2018215013. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018215013.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaynabo, Cidra, Cayey (min 5000 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 three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 6 km S of Esperanza, Puerto Rico.
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