A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/06/16 / 2016-06-14 19:57:53 / June 14, 2016 @ 7:57 pm. Event id: pr16166007. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16166007. Exact location of earthquake, -67.4261° West, 18.8199° North, depth 14 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:57:53 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mayagüez, Hatillo, Camuy (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 50 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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