A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 79 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (49 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/04/18 / 2018-04-03 19:30:13 / April 3, 2018 @ 7:30 pm. Unique identifier: pr2018093012. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018093012. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 71 km (44 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.5886 West, latitude 19.0335 North, depth = 71 km. The temblor was detected at 14:30:13 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 79 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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