A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 13:45:30 / September 17, 2015 @ 1:45 pm. The temblor was reported at 09:45:30 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.1372 West, latitude 19.1485 North, depth = 37 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15260012. Id of event: pr15260012.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Juan. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 75 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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