A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 20:45:46 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15249009. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15249009. Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -67.4964° West, 18.7886° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/09/15 / 2015-09-06 00:45:46 / September 6, 2015 @ 12:45 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles).
Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hatillo, Camuy, Mayagüez (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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: 53 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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