A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/08/18 / 2018-08-09 12:38:13 / August 9, 2018 @ 12:38 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -67.6411 West, latitude 18.9343 North, depth = 90 km. Id of earthquake: pr2018221008. Event ids that are associated: pr2018221008. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 90 km (56 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:38:13 / 7:38 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Rincón, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 75 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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