A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 108 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (67 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:50:41 / 10:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.3173 West, latitude 19.4496 North, depth = 11 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018218003. Unique identifier: pr2018218003. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/18 / 2018-08-06 14:50:41 / August 6, 2018 @ 2:50 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 108 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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