A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Moca in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15244008. Unique identifier: pr15244008. Exact location, longitude -67.1135° West, latitude 18.3763° North, depth = 24 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/15 / 2015-09-01 15:18:30 / September 1, 2015 @ 3:18 pm. The temblor was detected at 11:18:30 / 11:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vega Baja, Morovis, Juana Díaz (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km S of Moca, Puerto Rico.
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