A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22 km (14 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -66.828 West, latitude 19.134 North, depth = 22 km. Event id: pr15200016. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15200016. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:16:43 / 11:16 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 15:16:43 / July 19, 2015 @ 3:16 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arecibo, Quebradillas, Isabela. The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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