A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -66.8032° West, latitude 19.1432° North, depth = 41 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 41 km (25 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:46:08 / 4:46 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/07/15 / 2015-07-25 20:46:08 / July 25, 2015 @ 8:46 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: pr15206016. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15206016.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quebradillas, Arecibo, Isabela (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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