A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Brenas in Puerto Rico on Monday. The temblor was detected at 01:37:16 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/08/15 / 2015-08-31 05:37:16 / August 31, 2015 @ 5:37 am. All ids that are associated to the event: pr15243002. Unique identifier: pr15243002. Exact location of event, longitude -66.4135 West, latitude 19.0986 North, depth = 27 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27 km (17 miles).
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Cataño (c. 28 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Candelaria, Cataño, Candelaria Arenas (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixteen 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km N of Brenas, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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