A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -67.6784 West, latitude 18.8955 North, depth = 11 km. The temblor was reported at 05:42:03 / 5:42 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr15309002. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15309002. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/11/15 / 2015-11-05 10:42:03 / November 5, 2015 @ 10:42 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rincón, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Rincón (c. 1 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 75 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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