A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36 km (22 miles). Event id: pr2018191006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018191006. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2133 West, latitude 19.1275 North, depth = 36 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/18 / 2018-07-10 07:04:49 / July 10, 2018 @ 7:04 am. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:04:49 / 3:04 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isabela. Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
Every 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 one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 71 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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