A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.4875 West, latitude 19.0625 North, depth = 9 km. Event id: pr16353004. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16353004. The temblor was picked up at 16:27:07 / 4:27 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 20:27:07 / December 18, 2016 @ 8:27 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria Arenas, Campanilla, Levittown.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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