A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.556 West, latitude 18.9413 North, depth = 81 km. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:07:32 / 3:07 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: pr2018200006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018200006. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81 km (50 miles). Global time and date of event 19/07/18 / 2018-07-19 20:07:32 / July 19, 2018 @ 8:07 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby 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 Moca, Isabela, Rincón. Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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