A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Vieques in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 13:22:40 / July 5, 2015 @ 1:22 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.7425 West, latitude 18.6566 North, depth = 62 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62 km (39 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:22:40 / 9:22 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15186004. Event ids that are associated: pr15186004.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cayey, Maunabo, Vega Baja.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 27 km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
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