A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 41 km, -66.0731° West, 18.917° North. Unique identifier: pr2018219008. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018219008. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 18:33:36 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/08/18 / 2018-08-07 22:33:36 / August 7, 2018 @ 10:33 pm.
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 Ciales, Caguas, Morovis. The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 50 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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