A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from San Antonio in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/15 / 2015-10-27 11:18:19 / October 27, 2015 @ 11:18 am. Unique identifier: pr15300003. Ids that are associated to the event: pr15300003. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:18:19 / 7:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 7 km, -67.1908° West, 18.9892° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Añasco, Arecibo, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 11 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Añasco (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days four hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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