A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.3793° West, 18.2721° North, depth 87 km. Event id: pr15214006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15214006. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/15 / 2015-08-02 15:08:14 / August 2, 2015 @ 3:08 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:08:14 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 87 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 27 km (16 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Peñuelas, Arecibo, Utuado.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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: 15 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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