A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Loiza in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/02/18 / 2018-02-01 22:36:07 / February 1, 2018 @ 10:36 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -65.7998° West, 19.076° North, depth 32 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32 km (20 miles). The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:36:07 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2018032008. Event ids that are associated: pr2018032008.
The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Isidro (c. 8 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Santa Barbara (c. 5 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Loíza (c. 4 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Barbara, San Isidro, San Juan (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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