A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 16:28:57 / December 9, 2016 @ 4:28 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16344008. Id of event: pr16344008. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.5374 West, latitude 17.8528 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was reported at 12:28:57 / 12:28 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cidra, Aguas Buenas, Trujillo Alto. Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Guayama (c. 21 600 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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: 27 km SSW of Esperanza, Puerto Rico.
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