A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 11 km, -65.436° West, 17.5071° North. The temblor was picked up at 01:18:25 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 05:18:25 / January 23, 2019 @ 5:18 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr2019023006. Event ids that are associated: pr2019023006.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint Croix, Yabucoa, Maunabo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yabucoa (c. 7 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Maunabo (c. 2 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 65 km S of Esperanza, Puerto Rico.
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