A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.763 West, latitude 18.9813 North, depth = 27 km. Id of earthquake: pr16184010. Event ids that are associated: pr16184010. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 05:45:20 / July 2, 2016 @ 5:45 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:45:20 / 1:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Antonio, San Sebastián, Moca (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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