A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: pr15237002. Event ids that are associated: pr15237002. The epicenter was at a depth of 59 km (37 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/08/15 / 2015-08-25 09:02:52 / August 25, 2015 @ 9:02 am. Exact location of event, longitude -66.7741 West, latitude 18.93 North, depth = 59 km. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:02:52 / 5:02 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Toa Alta, Candelaria Arenas, Añasco. Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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: 49 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
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