A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). Event id: pr15343009. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15343009. Global time and date of event 09/12/15 / 2015-12-09 11:28:45 / December 9, 2015 @ 11:28 am UTC/GMT. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:28:45 / 7:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.5055 West, latitude 19.0674 North, depth = 13 km.
Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Campanilla, Levittown, Ingenio (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 67 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico.
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