A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/10/16 / 2016-10-19 00:46:52 / October 19, 2016 @ 12:46 am. The temblor was picked up at 20:46:52 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8184° West, 19.031° North, depth 33 km. All ids that are associated to the event: pr16293000. Unique identifier: pr16293000.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguadilla, Manatí, Barceloneta (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and six 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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