A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 78 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (48 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 04:42:52 / June 15, 2018 @ 4:42 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.6458 West, latitude 18.9775 North, depth = 14 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:42:52 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr2018166007. Event ids that are associated: pr2018166007.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 78 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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