A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/15 / 2015-07-30 13:58:03 / July 30, 2015 @ 1:58 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46 km (29 miles). Id of earthquake: pr15211021. Event ids that are associated: pr15211021. The temblor was reported at 09:58:03 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -66.5101 West, latitude 19.0872 North, depth = 46 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toa Baja, Camuy, Hatillo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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