A minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/18 / 2018-12-10 18:38:25 / December 10, 2018 @ 6:38 pm. Exact location of event, depth 37 km, -66.7675° West, 18.8525° North. The temblor was picked up at 14:38:25 / 2:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2018344005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018344005.
Event epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Maricao, Sabana Seca, Candelaria. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 40 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
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