A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 22:54:49 / 10:54 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15335001. Unique identifier: pr15335001. Exact location, longitude -67.1374° West, latitude 18.5473° North, depth = 77 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/12/15 / 2015-12-01 02:54:49 / December 1, 2015 @ 2:54 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciales, Peñuelas, Manatí. Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yauco (c. 20 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Adjuntas (c. 19 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days three hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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