A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:17:57 / 3:17 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15259005. Event ids that are associated: pr15259005. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.444° West, latitude 18.9095° North, depth = 7 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 07:17:57 / September 16, 2015 @ 7:17 am.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, Quebradillas, Moca.
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km NW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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