A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018221009. Id of event: pr2018221009. Global time and date of event 09/08/18 / 2018-08-09 17:11:29 / August 9, 2018 @ 5:11 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 12:11:29 / 12:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.7481 West, latitude 18.1571 North, depth = 98 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Germán, Lajas, Moca. Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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