A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Liborio Negron Torres in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, depth 12 km, -66.9475° West, 18.0347° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15360003. Id of event: pr15360003. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/12/15 / 2015-12-26 09:09:26 / December 26, 2015 @ 9:09 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 05:09:26 / 5:09 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Vega Baja, Aibonito (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km SSW of Liborio Negron Torres, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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