A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) strikes 116 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico (72 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 04:05:35 / 4:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/11/18 / 2018-11-11 08:05:35 / November 11, 2018 @ 8:05 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2018315007. Unique identifier: pr2018315007. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.4716 West, latitude 19.4208 North, depth = 36 km.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 116 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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