A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:27:51 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 102 km (63 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/17 / 2017-05-02 02:27:51 / May 2, 2017 @ 2:27 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr2017122003. Unique identifier: pr2017122003. Exact location of event, longitude -66.0318 West, latitude 18.4956 North, depth = 102 km.
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 Utuado, Isabel Segunda, Arecibo. Event epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-eight 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. 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: 8 km ENE of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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