A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, -67.1993° West, 18.8985° North, depth 6 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/11/15 / 2015-11-10 16:01:40 / November 10, 2015 @ 4:01 pm. Event id: pr15314003. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15314003. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:01:40 / 12:01 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lares, Las Marías, Arecibo. Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Lares (c. 7 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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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