A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:10:27 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.525 West, latitude 18.6763 North, depth = 6 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/10/16 / 2016-10-30 11:10:27 / October 30, 2016 @ 11:10 am. Unique identifier: pr16304005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16304005.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cabo Rojo, Hatillo, Puerto Real. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 47 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
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