A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Stella in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 02:51:26 / September 8, 2015 @ 2:51 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15 km (9 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15251000. Unique identifier: pr15251000. The temblor was reported at 22:51:26 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 15 km, -67.3714° West, 18.1835° North.
The epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Utuado, Peñuelas (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-three 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. 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: 20 km SW of Stella, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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