A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 105 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico (65 miles) on Thursday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:43:43 / 3:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 19:43:43 / December 8, 2016 @ 7:43 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -65.3533 West, latitude 19.2609 North, depth = 36 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16343010. Id of event: pr16343010.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 105 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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