A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:32:13 / 6:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 24 km, -66.4776° West, 19.0881° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16276006. Id of event: pr16276006. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/10/16 / 2016-10-02 22:32:13 / October 2, 2016 @ 10:32 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Alta, Ingenio, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 one hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 69 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico.
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