A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28 km (17 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:18:43 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr16061010. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16061010. Exact location, longitude -67.2301° West, latitude 18.7609° North, depth = 28 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/03/16 / 2016-03-01 21:18:43 / March 1, 2016 @ 9:18 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Real, Cabo Rojo, Hormigueros (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 ten, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-seven 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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