A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 05:43:01 / 5:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/05/18 / 2018-05-12 09:43:01 / May 12, 2018 @ 9:43 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2018132018. Id of event: pr2018132018. Exact location of earthquake, -67.4713° West, 19.0471° North, depth 53 km.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 72 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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