A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: pr16342000. Event ids that are associated: pr16342000. The temblor was picked up at 01:25:29 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/16 / 2016-12-07 05:25:29 / December 7, 2016 @ 5:25 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, depth 4 km, -65.6091° West, 17.9134° North.
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Comerío, Salinas (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 25 km SW of Esperanza, Puerto Rico.
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