A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Exact location, longitude -66.7925° West, latitude 18.9834° North, depth = 43 km. Id of earthquake: pr16210000. Event ids that are associated: pr16210000. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/16 / 2016-07-28 01:41:30 / July 28, 2016 @ 1:41 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:41:30 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lares, Ceiba, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 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: 55 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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