A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 18:05:28 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/12/18 / 2018-12-11 22:05:28 / December 11, 2018 @ 10:05 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2018345013. Event ids that are associated: pr2018345013. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.1265 West, latitude 18.8538 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barceloneta, Maricao, Mayagüez. Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 47 km (30 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-four 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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