A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Esperanza in Puerto Rico. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15270021. Unique identifier: pr15270021. Exact location of earthquake, -65.3759° West, 18.0296° North, depth 14 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 06:59:57 / 6:59 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 10:59:57 / September 27, 2015 @ 10:59 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trujillo Alto, Saint Croix, Caguas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Saint Croix (c. 50 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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