A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/15 / 2015-08-09 03:54:57 / August 9, 2015 @ 3:54 am. The temblor was detected at 23:54:57 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15221001. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15221001. Exact location of earthquake, -66.7845° West, 19.1548° North, depth 34 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). 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 Isabela, Arecibo, Camuy.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days sixty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 74 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
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