A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49 km (30 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:11:31 / 1:11 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15198020. Unique identifier: pr15198020. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 06:11:31 / July 17, 2015 @ 6:11 am. Exact location, longitude -67.6751° West, latitude 18.9015° North, depth = 49 km.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rincón, Aguadilla. Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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