A minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 02:37:09 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -67.2563° West, latitude 19.1711° North, depth = 13 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/18 / 2018-12-28 06:37:09 / December 28, 2018 @ 6:37 am. Id of earthquake: pr2018362009. Event ids that are associated: pr2018362009. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13 km (8 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela. The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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