A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 12:22:15 / 12:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 16:22:15 / July 29, 2015 @ 4:22 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.1447 West, latitude 19.0457 North, depth = 57 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 57 km (35 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: pr15210008. Unique identifier: pr15210008.
Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corozal, Canovanas, Trujillo Alto (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-nine 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 64 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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