A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 81 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico (50 miles). Exact location of event, depth 39 km, -65.4359° West, 19.061° North. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:02:32 / 12:02 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr16123004. Unique identifier: pr16123004. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 16:02:32 / May 2, 2016 @ 4:02 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days eight hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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: 81 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico.
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