A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 16:35:44 / July 18, 2015 @ 4:35 pm. Id of earthquake: pr15199027. Event ids that are associated: pr15199027. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2399 West, latitude 18.9375 North, depth = 80 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:35:44 / 12:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 80 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Añasco, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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