A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:17:54 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15248055. Unique identifier: pr15248055. Global time and date of event 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 10:17:54 / September 5, 2015 @ 10:17 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -66.4235° West, latitude 19.107° North, depth = 45 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Ingenio, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Dorado (c. 13 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days ninety-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 71 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico.
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