A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Utuado in Puerto Rico. The temblor was picked up at 19:24:51 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 143 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/09/15 / 2015-09-12 23:24:51 / September 12, 2015 @ 11:24 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -66.7255° West, 18.2315° North, depth 143 km. Event id: pr15255012. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15255012.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gurabo, Patillas, Trujillo Alto (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Ponce (c. 152 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SW of Utuado, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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