A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 10:28:02 / 10:28 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15236007. Unique identifier: pr15236007. Exact location of event, longitude -66.5664 West, latitude 18.7448 North, depth = 44 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/08/15 / 2015-08-24 14:28:02 / August 24, 2015 @ 2:28 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop). 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 Aguada, Coamo, Maricao.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 32 km NNW of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico.
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