A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, Puerto Rico region kilometers (0 miles) from Puerto Rico region. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018247004. Unique identifier: pr2018247004. Global time and date of event 04/09/18 / 2018-09-04 14:15:08 / September 4, 2018 @ 2:15 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:15:08 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -65.8886 West, latitude 17.3068 North, depth = 23 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23 km (14 miles).
The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Arroyo (c. 7 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Maunabo (c. 2 200 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maunabo, Arroyo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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