A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Puerto Real in Puerto Rico on Monday. The 3.28-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:24:02 / 3:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.3408 West, latitude 18.151 North, depth = 14 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/05/19 / 2019-05-13 19:24:02 / May 13, 2019 @ 7:24 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2019133007. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019133007.
Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayuya, Ponce, Arecibo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 18 km WNW of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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