A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 01:55:30 / 1:55 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018315004. Unique identifier: pr2018315004. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/11/18 / 2018-11-11 05:55:30 / November 11, 2018 @ 5:55 am. Exact location of earthquake, -67.3605° West, 18.8506° North, depth 8 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Marías, Mayagüez, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 eight, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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