A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/07/15 / 2015-07-02 04:03:45 / July 2, 2015 @ 4:03 am UTC/GMT. Event id: pr15183001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15183001. The temblor was picked up at 00:03:45 / 12:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 40 km, -66.365° West, 19.0249° North.
Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaynabo, Camuy, Morovis (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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