A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.4495° West, 19.092° North, depth 37 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/05/18 / 2018-05-21 22:08:07 / May 21, 2018 @ 10:08 pm. The 3.11-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:08:07 / 6:08 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr2018141010. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018141010. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguadilla, Isabela (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 76 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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