A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 03:35:26 / July 17, 2015 @ 3:35 am. Exact location of event, depth 3 km, -67.475° West, 18.998° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00nrm4n2. Id of event: at00nrm4n2. The temblor was picked up at 23:35:26 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near San Antonio in Puerto Rico (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Hatillo, Camuy (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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