A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 105 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 07:38:37 / 7:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.6735 West, latitude 18.211 North, depth = 105 km. Unique identifier: pr2018300009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018300009. Global time and date of event 27/10/18 / 2018-10-27 12:38:37 / October 27, 2018 @ 12:38 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sabana Grande, Isabela, San Sebastián. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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