A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Hatillo in Puerto Rico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/11/15 / 2015-11-13 05:36:48 / November 13, 2015 @ 5:36 am. Exact location, longitude -66.7843° West, latitude 19.0055° North, depth = 35 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:36:48 / 1:36 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr15317004. Id of event: pr15317004.
Close country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Antonio, Lares, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Vega Baja (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Barceloneta (c. 22 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Manatí (c. 16 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 57 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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