A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, Puerto Rico region kilometers (0 miles) from Puerto Rico region. The temblor was detected at 11:11:08 / 11:11 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 11:11:08 / August 8, 2016 @ 11:11 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4704 West, latitude 18.7201 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: pr16221020. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16221020. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hormigueros, Hatillo, Las Marías.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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