A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8503° West, 19.0072° North, depth 13 km. Global time and date of event 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 06:51:15 / July 2, 2016 @ 6:51 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 02:51:15 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr16184015. Event ids that are associated: pr16184015. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13 km (8 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Estancias de Florida, San Sebastián, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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: 57 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
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