A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Loiza in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:11:09 / 2:11 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15187000. Unique identifier: pr15187000. Exact location, longitude -65.8519° West, latitude 18.8145° North, depth = 56 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/15 / 2015-07-06 06:11:09 / July 6, 2015 @ 6:11 am.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cidra, Comerío, Humacao. The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days three hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 42 km N of Loiza, Puerto Rico.
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