A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.842 West, latitude 19.0065 North, depth = 42 km. Id of earthquake: pr15218020. Event ids that are associated: pr15218020. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42 km (26 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 10:42:07 / August 6, 2015 @ 10:42 am. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:42:07 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lares, Vega Baja, Aguada. Country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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