A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -66.7338 West, latitude 18.9822 North, depth = 38 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16064000, us10004ult. Unique identifier: pr16064000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/03/16 / 2016-03-04 00:26:31 / March 4, 2016 @ 12:26 am. The temblor was picked up at 20:26:31 / 8:26 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciales, San Sebastián, Moca. Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 55 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
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