A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 10:15:54 / July 17, 2015 @ 10:15 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15198027. Unique identifier: pr15198027. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -67.6885 West, latitude 18.7737 North, depth = 47 km. The temblor was detected at 05:15:54 / 5:15 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Aguada (c. 4 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isabela, Moca, Aguada (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 66 km NW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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