A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 08:44:04 / August 6, 2015 @ 8:44 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40 km (25 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:44:04 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15218016. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15218016. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.903 West, latitude 19.1725 North, depth = 40 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Camuy, Hatillo, Isabela. Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop).
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-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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