A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:05:36 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 76 km (47 miles). Id of earthquake: pr15255005. Event ids that are associated: pr15255005. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/09/15 / 2015-09-12 01:05:36 / September 12, 2015 @ 1:05 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.4401 West, latitude 19.1105 North, depth = 76 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aguadilla, Isabela. Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 77 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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