A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 01:44:56 / July 17, 2015 @ 1:44 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pr15198018. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15198018. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:44:56 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.3188 West, latitude 18.8325 North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lares, Arecibo, Las Marías (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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