A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from San Juan in Puerto Rico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -66.1129° West, latitude 19.0939° North, depth = 12 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:22:21 / 7:22 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: pr15260002. Event ids that are associated: pr15260002. Global time and date of event 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 11:22:21 / September 17, 2015 @ 11:22 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Río Grande, Barceloneta, Manatí (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Levittown (c. 29 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 seventeen, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 69 km N of San Juan, Puerto Rico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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