A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:52:36 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/09/15 / 2015-09-23 23:52:36 / September 23, 2015 @ 11:52 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15266012. Id of event: pr15266012. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34 km (21 miles). Exact location, longitude -67.2715° West, latitude 18.9755° North, depth = 34 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Añasco, San Sebastián, Hatillo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-three 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 56 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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