A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/06/16 / 2016-06-17 01:05:06 / June 17, 2016 @ 1:05 am. Exact location of event, depth 106 km, -66.6382° West, 18.7385° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16169000. Id of event: pr16169000. The temblor was reported at 21:05:06 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Peñuelas, Añasco, Comerío. The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 30 km NNE of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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