A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16076000. Unique identifier: pr16076000. The temblor was picked up at 20:41:29 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/03/16 / 2016-03-16 00:41:29 / March 16, 2016 @ 12:41 am. Exact location of event, longitude -66.4425 West, latitude 19.1373 North, depth = 46 km.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barceloneta. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 74 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico.
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