A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -66.8007° West, latitude 19.0359° North, depth = 25 km. The temblor was detected at 18:13:18 / 6:13 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 22:13:18 / July 29, 2015 @ 10:13 pm. Id of earthquake: pr15210017. Event ids that are associated: pr15210017. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25 km (16 miles).
Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Moca, Estancias de Florida, Aguadilla (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days eighty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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