A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.6661 West, latitude 18.422 North, depth = 98 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 98 km (61 miles). The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:00:21 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/02/18 / 2018-02-02 05:00:21 / February 2, 2018 @ 5:00 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr2018033003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018033003, us1000ce76.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Lajas, San Germán (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-six 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. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 53 km W of Rincon, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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