A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 76 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico (47 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr16087003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16087003. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/03/16 / 2016-03-27 03:18:41 / March 27, 2016 @ 3:18 am. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:18:41 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 33 km, -66.4285° West, 19.1502° North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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