A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.5183 West, latitude 18.8747 North, depth = 87 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 87 km (54 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:56:16 / 4:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/07/15 / 2015-07-16 21:56:16 / July 16, 2015 @ 9:56 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: pr15197031. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15197031.
Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, Quebradillas, Moca (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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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