A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Dorado in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Event id: pr15216006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15216006. Exact location of event, longitude -66.2774 West, latitude 18.5897 North, depth = 62 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:02:37 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 62 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/15 / 2015-08-04 12:02:37 / August 4, 2015 @ 12:02 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maunabo, Peñuelas, Ceiba (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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