A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Hope Bay in Jamaica. Exact location, longitude -76.5733° West, latitude 18.2051° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 21:28:31 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000h8l6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h8l6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/10/18 / 2018-10-08 02:28:31 / October 8, 2018 @ 2:28 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Jamaica (c. 2 847 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Runaway Bay, Lionel Town, Hayes (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Kingston (c. 937 700 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from New Kingston (c. 584 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Spanish Town (c. 145 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Portmore (c. 102 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from May Pen (c. 44 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Old Harbour (c. 26 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km WNW of Hope Bay, Jamaica. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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