A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 18/09/15 / 2015-09-18 02:24:16 / September 18, 2015 @ 2:24 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr15261000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15261000. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.1392 West, latitude 19.0405 North, depth = 60 km. The temblor was reported at 22:24:16 / 10:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Isidro, Guaynabo, Carolina (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 63 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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