A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico. The temblor was detected at 03:50:50 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50 km (31 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/15 / 2015-07-30 07:50:50 / July 30, 2015 @ 7:50 am. Id of earthquake: pr15211018. Event ids that are associated: pr15211018. Exact location, longitude -65.9982° West, latitude 19.079° North, depth = 50 km.
Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria, Carolina, Bayamón (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 68 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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