A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Arecibo in Puerto Rico. The epicenter was at a depth of 28 km (17 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr2019130002. Unique identifier: pr2019130002. The temblor was detected at 01:10:02 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 28 km, -66.6768° West, 18.9746° North. Global time and date of event 10/05/19 / 2019-05-10 05:10:02 / May 10, 2019 @ 5:10 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Campanilla, Ingenio, Ciales.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 55 km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
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