A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 18:24:03 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -65.1922 West, latitude 17.8176 North, depth = 11 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Unique identifier: pr15317011. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15317011. Global time and date of event 13/11/15 / 2015-11-13 22:24:03 / November 13, 2015 @ 10:24 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yabucoa, Humacao, Fajardo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Humacao (c. 20 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Isabel Segunda (c. 9 300 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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