A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Unique identifier: pr15207013. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15207013. Exact location of event, longitude -65.9391 West, latitude 19.0988 North, depth = 33 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:43:36 / 12:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/07/15 / 2015-07-26 16:43:36 / July 26, 2015 @ 4:43 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Isidro (c. 8 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Santa Barbara (c. 5 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Isidro, Santa Barbara, Levittown (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 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: 72 km NNE of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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