A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 06/09/15 / 2015-09-06 22:37:09 / September 6, 2015 @ 10:37 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 18:37:09 / 6:37 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15249031. Unique identifier: pr15249031. Exact location of event, longitude -65.3659 West, latitude 18.0123 North, depth = 13 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 km (8 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Caguas, Carolina, Arroyo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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