A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from San Sebastian in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: pr15319010. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15319010. Exact location of earthquake, -66.9525° West, 18.3439° North, depth 135 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:18:17 / 7:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/15 / 2015-11-15 23:18:17 / November 15, 2015 @ 11:18 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aibonito, Campanilla, Naranjito. Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km ENE of San Sebastian, Puerto Rico.
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