A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 09:30:07 / August 6, 2015 @ 9:30 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15218018. Unique identifier: pr15218018. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9125° West, 19.0685° North, depth 59 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:30:07 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguadilla, Arecibo, Quebradillas. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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