A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 52 km, -67.2248° West, 18.86° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/15 / 2015-08-17 05:33:06 / August 17, 2015 @ 5:33 am. Id of earthquake: pr15229003. Event ids that are associated: pr15229003. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:33:06 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maricao, Mayagüez, Lares (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and one and in the last 365 days three hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 42 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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