A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. The temblor was reported at 02:58:16 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/15 / 2015-12-09 06:58:16 / December 9, 2015 @ 6:58 am. Event id: pr15343006. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15343006. Exact location of event, longitude -66.5214 West, latitude 19.138 North, depth = 45 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Barceloneta (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 74 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico.
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