A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Loiza in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 37 km (23 miles). Event id: pr16286000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16286000. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/10/16 / 2016-10-12 02:47:33 / October 12, 2016 @ 2:47 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 22:47:33 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -65.9128 West, latitude 18.6683 North, depth = 37 km.
Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Estancias de Florida, Florida, Culebra. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 26 km N of Loiza, Puerto Rico.
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