A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:16:23 / 8:16 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/07/16 / 2016-07-03 00:16:23 / July 3, 2016 @ 12:16 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.811 West, latitude 18.9654 North, depth = 52 km. Unique identifier: pr16185001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16185001. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52 km (32 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguada, Ceiba, Lares. Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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