A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from El Negro in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/16 / 2016-08-30 10:57:30 / August 30, 2016 @ 10:57 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:57:30 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: pr16243005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16243005. Exact location of event, longitude -65.635 West, latitude 17.9002 North, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aibonito, Comerío, Guaynabo. Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km ESE of El Negro, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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