A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. Exact location of event, longitude -67.2906 West, latitude 18.961 North, depth = 15 km. Global time and date of event 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 16:12:31 / July 18, 2015 @ 4:12 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pr15199022. Event ids that are associated: pr15199022. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 12:12:31 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, San Sebastián, Hatillo (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-seven 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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