A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) was reported 86 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (53 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/18 / 2018-08-16 02:27:01 / August 16, 2018 @ 2:27 am. Unique identifier: pr2018228002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018228002. The temblor was picked up at 21:27:01 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.6575 West, latitude 19.0615 North, depth = 39 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 39 km (24 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Questions or comments?
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: 86 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply