A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Luquillo in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 02:13:52 / 2:13 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15200003. Unique identifier: pr15200003. The epicenter was at a depth of 43 km (27 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -65.5406° West, 18.8295° North, depth 43 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 06:13:52 / July 19, 2015 @ 6:13 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guaynabo, Levittown, Las Piedras (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Fajardo (c. 34 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 53 km NNE of Luquillo, Puerto Rico.
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