A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 28/11/18 / 2018-11-28 12:14:42 / November 28, 2018 @ 12:14 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -66.384 West, latitude 19.093 North, depth = 34 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018332008. Id of event: pr2018332008. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). The 3.28-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:14:42 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Bayamón, Toa Alta.
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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