A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Bayamon in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -66.149° West, 18.371° North, depth 127 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 127 km (79 miles). Id of earthquake: pr15193001. Event ids that are associated: pr15193001. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/07/15 / 2015-07-12 03:02:15 / July 12, 2015 @ 3:02 am. The temblor was detected at 23:02:15 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camuy, Hatillo, Peñuelas. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 12 km (7 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-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: 3 km SSE of Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
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