A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018359011. Id of event: pr2018359011. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/12/18 / 2018-12-25 08:21:39 / December 25, 2018 @ 8:21 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 86 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:21:39 / 4:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.308 West, latitude 18.5668 North, depth = 86 km.
The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ceiba, San Sebastián, Isabela. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km NNE of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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