A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 93 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (58 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 09:09:26 / July 17, 2015 @ 9:09 am. Unique identifier: pr15198003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15198003. The temblor was detected at 04:09:26 / 4:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38 km (24 miles). Exact location of event, depth 38 km, -67.6804° West, 19.1312° North.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 93 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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