A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 09:44:00 / 9:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 126 km (78 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.7393 West, latitude 18.139 North, depth = 126 km. Unique identifier: pr16173005. Ids that are associated to the event: pr16173005. Global time and date of event 21/06/16 / 2016-06-21 14:44:00 / June 21, 2016 @ 2:44 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Germán, Lajas, Moca (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cabo Rojo (c. 10 800 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 55 km WSW of Stella, Puerto Rico.
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