A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Salinas in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 05:21:58 / 5:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -66.3141° West, 17.8296° North, depth 3 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/17 / 2017-05-04 09:21:58 / May 4, 2017 @ 9:21 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr2017124005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2017124005.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Isidro, Santa Barbara, Canovanas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km S of Salinas, Puerto Rico.
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