A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Id of earthquake: pr16184013. Event ids that are associated: pr16184013. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 06:17:14 / July 2, 2016 @ 6:17 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.856 West, latitude 19.0179 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 02:17:14 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Manatí, Moca. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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