A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 06/09/15 / 2015-09-06 02:41:42 / September 6, 2015 @ 2:41 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -67.5313 West, latitude 18.7089 North, depth = 53 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15249000. Id of event: pr15249000. The temblor was reported at 21:41:42 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hatillo, Camuy, Hormigueros (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel the quake?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 50 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply