A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16347000. Id of event: pr16347000. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 85 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:16:33 / 8:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2587 West, latitude 18.298 North, depth = 85 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/16 / 2016-12-12 00:16:33 / December 12, 2016 @ 12:16 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ponce, Florida, Estancias de Florida.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km SSW of Stella, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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