A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 43 km, -66.9018° West, 18.9235° North. Global time and date of event 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 03:37:52 / August 5, 2015 @ 3:37 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:37:52 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15217003. Event ids that are associated: pr15217003. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (33 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Utuado, Vega Baja, Añasco (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 48 km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
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