A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 16:41:19 / July 25, 2015 @ 4:41 pm. The temblor was detected at 12:41:19 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 41 km, -66.7798° West, 19.0492° North. Unique identifier: pr15206009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15206009.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio, San Sebastián, Ceiba. The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 62 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
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