A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Tierras Nuevas Poniente in Puerto Rico on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 04:03:47 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/08/15 / 2015-08-12 08:03:47 / August 12, 2015 @ 8:03 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15224000. Unique identifier: pr15224000. Exact location of event, longitude -66.4654 West, latitude 19.0993 North, depth = 12 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Levittown, Hatillo, Vega Alta (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 70 km N of Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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