A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Vazquez in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Unique identifier: pr15186003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15186003. The temblor was detected at 11:43:26 / 11:43 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -66.263° West, 18.0615° North, depth 49 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 15:43:26 / July 5, 2015 @ 3:43 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Camuy, Maricao, Hatillo. Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km W of Vazquez, Puerto Rico.
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