A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico (51 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 09:59:10 / 9:59 am (local time epicenter). Event id: pr15343012. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15343012. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.5268 West, latitude 19.208 North, depth = 24 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/15 / 2015-12-09 13:59:10 / December 9, 2015 @ 1:59 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24 km (15 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 82 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico.
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