A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 21:56:00 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61 km (38 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/02/19 / 2019-02-13 01:56:00 / February 13, 2019 @ 1:56 am. Event id: pr2019044003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr2019044003. Exact location of event, depth 61 km, -66.5426° West, 19.1075° North.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Camuy, Ceiba, Manatí. Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ceiba (c. 6 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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