A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 82 km (51 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3941 West, latitude 18.3266 North, depth = 82 km. The temblor was detected at 05:17:15 / 5:17 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018332004. Id of event: pr2018332004. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/11/18 / 2018-11-28 09:17:15 / November 28, 2018 @ 9:17 am.
Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 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 Peñuelas, Utuado, Arecibo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-six 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. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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