A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Celada in Puerto Rico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/12/15 / 2015-12-23 19:32:55 / December 23, 2015 @ 7:32 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 127 km (79 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:32:55 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15357003. Id of event: pr15357003. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.0085 West, latitude 18.2971 North, depth = 127 km.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Adjuntas, Adjuntas (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km WNW of Celada, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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