A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -66.72° West, latitude 19.0347° North, depth = 27 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:46:54 / 12:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr16076002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16076002. Global time and date of event 16/03/16 / 2016-03-16 04:46:54 / March 16, 2016 @ 4:46 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Florida, Ceiba, Estancias de Florida. Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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