A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46 km (29 miles). Event id: pr15267000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15267000. The temblor was picked up at 20:41:20 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -67.2509° West, 18.891° North, depth 46 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/15 / 2015-09-24 00:41:20 / September 24, 2015 @ 12:41 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lares, Las Marías, Arecibo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Lares (c. 7 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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