A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Mayaguez in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:03:34 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115 km (71 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/09/15 / 2015-09-01 22:03:34 / September 1, 2015 @ 10:03 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -67.1996 West, latitude 18.19 North, depth = 115 km. Event id: pr15244014. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15244014.
The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barceloneta, Villalba, 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 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 6 km W of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
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