A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 93 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (58 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.2953° West, latitude 19.3138° North, depth = 15 km. Id of earthquake: pr2018052004. Event ids that are associated: pr2018052004. The temblor was picked up at 05:46:26 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/02/18 / 2018-02-21 09:46:26 / February 21, 2018 @ 9:46 am.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 93 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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