A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 20:11:26 / 8:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/18 / 2018-12-05 00:11:26 / December 5, 2018 @ 12:11 am. Exact location of event, longitude -66.165 West, latitude 18.7968 North, depth = 50 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50 km (31 miles). Id of earthquake: pr2018339000. Event ids that are associated: pr2018339000.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cayey, Fajardo, Las Piedras. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 37 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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