A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.218° West, 19.0676° North, depth 52 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/05/16 / 2016-05-04 18:49:33 / May 4, 2016 @ 6:49 pm. Event id: pr16125008. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16125008. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52 km (32 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:49:33 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Aguada, Camuy. Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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