A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Piedra Gorda in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/11/15 / 2015-11-02 12:34:29 / November 2, 2015 @ 12:34 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -66.8616° West, 18.4067° North, depth 119 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:34:29 / 8:34 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 119 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15306011. Unique identifier: pr15306011.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salinas, Bayamón, Levittown (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km SE of Piedra Gorda, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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