A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Loiza in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 04:37:56 / September 22, 2015 @ 4:37 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -65.9018 West, latitude 18.9377 North, depth = 13 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:37:56 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: pr15265002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15265002.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguas Buenas, Gurabo, Vega Baja (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from San Juan (c. 418 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Bayamón (c. 203 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Carolina (c. 170 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Guaynabo (c. 81 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Trujillo Alto (c. 54 200 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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