A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 18:54:46 / 6:54 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr16337009. Unique identifier: pr16337009. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/12/16 / 2016-12-02 23:54:46 / December 2, 2016 @ 11:54 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.6593 West, latitude 18.5095 North, depth = 8 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles).
Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quebradillas, Las Marías, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 47 km WNW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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