A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 49 km, -66.79° West, 19.1105° North. Global time and date of event 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 16:44:49 / July 25, 2015 @ 4:44 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:44:49 / 12:44 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15206010. Id of event: pr15206010.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barceloneta, Quebradillas, Isabela (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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