A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 04:56:11 / September 8, 2015 @ 4:56 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:56:11 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -67.487° West, 18.6702° North. Id of earthquake: pr15251002. Event ids that are associated: pr15251002.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lares, Maricao, Cabo Rojo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Mayagüez (c. 78 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Hormigueros (c. 11 900 pop), 64 km (40 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 one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-seven 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.
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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: 44 km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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