A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 12:57:54 / July 2, 2016 @ 12:57 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 08:57:54 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr16184019. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16184019. Exact location of event, longitude -66.8245 West, latitude 18.9319 North, depth = 6 km.
Epicenter of the event was 52 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Antonio, Ciales, Utuado (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 49 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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