A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122 km (76 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:51:48 / 5:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.8286° West, latitude 18.201° North, depth = 122 km. Global time and date of event 15/10/18 / 2018-10-15 10:51:48 / October 15, 2018 @ 10:51 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2018288005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018288005.
Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Hormigueros, Punta Cana. Country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop), Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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