A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Luquillo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.5858 West, latitude 18.5345 North, depth = 36 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:26:15 / 7:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 13/07/16 / 2016-07-13 11:26:15 / July 13, 2016 @ 11:26 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16195005. Unique identifier: pr16195005.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Comerío, San Antonio, Naranjito. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km NE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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