A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/12/15 / 2015-12-02 08:41:40 / December 2, 2015 @ 8:41 am. Id of earthquake: pr15336000. Event ids that are associated: pr15336000. The temblor was reported at 04:41:40 / 4:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -67.0111 West, latitude 18.9225 North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop). 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 Las Marías, Añasco, Barceloneta.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-seven 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. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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