A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.3578° West, 18.8588° North, depth 7 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:38:41 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16340009. Id of event: pr16340009. Global time and date of event 05/12/16 / 2016-12-05 08:38:41 / December 5, 2016 @ 8:38 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mayagüez, San Sebastián, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). 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 nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 48 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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