A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr16202001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16202001. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/07/16 / 2016-07-20 03:33:14 / July 20, 2016 @ 3:33 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4225 West, latitude 18.5224 North, depth = 15 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:33:14 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arecibo, Sabana Grande, Lajas.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 27 km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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