A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 23:19:24 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 18 km (11 miles). Exact location of event, depth 18 km, -67.2413° West, 18.15° North. Global time and date of event 17/10/18 / 2018-10-17 03:19:24 / October 17, 2018 @ 3:19 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2018290001. Event ids that are associated: pr2018290001.
The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Florida, Estancias de Florida, Jayuya (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three 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. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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