A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4598 West, latitude 18.1411 North, depth = 148 km. The temblor was detected at 20:29:36 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018289000. Id of event: pr2018289000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/10/18 / 2018-10-16 00:29:36 / October 16, 2018 @ 12:29 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 148 km (92 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Utuado, Peñuelas, Adjuntas.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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