A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Luis M. Cintron in Puerto Rico. Global time and date of event 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 01:35:13 / September 19, 2015 @ 1:35 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -65.5039° West, latitude 18.3104° North, depth = 104 km. Unique identifier: pr15262000. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15262000. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:35:13 / 9:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 104 km (65 miles).
Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Caguas (c. 86 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Campanilla, Naranjito, Ingenio (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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