A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Rincon in Puerto Rico. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:09:48 / 10:09 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15236000. Id of event: pr15236000. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/08/15 / 2015-08-24 03:09:48 / August 24, 2015 @ 3:09 am. Exact location of event, longitude -67.5958 West, latitude 18.2688 North, depth = 9 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lares, Quebradillas, Sabana Grande (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from San Germán (c. 12 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-five 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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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: 37 km WSW of Rincon, Puerto Rico.
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