A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -67.685° West, latitude 18.8465° North, depth = 76 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/04/18 / 2018-04-25 02:05:39 / April 25, 2018 @ 2:05 am. Event id: pr2018115001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018115001. The temblor was detected at 21:05:39 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 76 km (47 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Moca, Aguada. The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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