A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/08/15 / 2015-08-24 23:42:57 / August 24, 2015 @ 11:42 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72 km (45 miles). Id of earthquake: pr15236010. Event ids that are associated: pr15236010. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4637 West, latitude 18.7565 North, depth = 72 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:42:57 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Marías, Hatillo, Camuy. Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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