A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: pr2019148014. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2019148014. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/05/19 / 2019-05-28 23:54:32 / May 28, 2019 @ 11:54 pm. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:54:32 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 75 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.7988 West, latitude 18.6463 North, depth = 75 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coamo, Comerío, Guánica (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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