A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Event id: pr15200015. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15200015. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 15:01:58 / July 19, 2015 @ 3:01 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45 km (28 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:01:58 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8311 West, latitude 19.0545 North, depth = 45 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moca, Manatí, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 62 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
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