A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Unique identifier: pr15216002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15216002. The epicenter was at a depth of 54 km (34 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -67.3645° West, 18.8103° North, depth 54 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:49:16 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/15 / 2015-08-04 07:49:16 / August 4, 2015 @ 7:49 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hormigueros, Arecibo, Lares. Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
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 three, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days eighty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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