A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 66 km (41 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:37:05 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 66 km, -66.7914° West, 18.9528° North. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16184009. Unique identifier: pr16184009. Global time and date of event 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 05:37:05 / July 2, 2016 @ 5:37 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Utuado, Ciales, Aguada (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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