A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Levittown in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 15:49:06 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -66.1865° West, latitude 18.5188° North, depth = 78 km. Global time and date of event 08/06/16 / 2016-06-08 19:49:06 / June 8, 2016 @ 7:49 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr16160007. Event ids that are associated: pr16160007. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 78 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lares, Peñuelas, Ponce (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 10 km (6 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days three hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km N of Levittown, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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